Word: shallows
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...responses to minute changes in the composition of the blood, it does much to regulate breathing. Most notably, an increase in the blood's carbon dioxide content sets off a carotid body reaction that can bring on a choking attack of asthma by causing fast, shallow breathing in lungs unable to handle the added load. To suppress these excessive reactions, Dr. Nakayama wondered, why not cut out one or both carotid bodies? After tests on animals, Dr. Nakayama tried taking carotid bodies from his patients. They needed only a local anesthetic, though to get at the glomus...
...Says one man who was in the Canaveral control center: "When those retros fired, you could hear some loud sighs, people letting their breath out, and a 'thank God' or two." "Roger"-And Out. But the damage was done. By firing the retros too late at too shallow an angle, Carpenter had foredoomed his capsule to land far out of the target area. There was another danger: Carpenter's manual fuel tank was empty, and his automatic tank was only 15% full. He might not be able to hold the capsule steady in its plunge back down...
...crewman sighted five Turslops gilli (Pacific bottle-nosed porpoises) 500 yds. away. They moved slowly up the channel, making clicks that were clearly heard through the microphones. Apparently the porpoises located the barrier and did not like it. While still 400 yds. away from it, they moved over into shallow water and gathered in a tight little school. Then one of them separated from the group and cruised along the buoys. When the scout returned, a burst of whistling came through the microphones. Then another porpoise swam out to examine the barrier and returned for a session of whistling...
...brilliant but shallow attack, strong but untested midfield units, and last year's defense are the basic components of the University's varsity lacrosse team. Blessed with 13 returning lettermen and a promising block of sophomores, Coach Bruce Munro predicts that the Crimson Stickmen "will definitely be in the top echelon of the Ivy League" along with Princeton and Yale...
Wild Blue Yonder. Last week Starbird's team was rebuilding Christmas Island from the coral up. Shallow-draft lighters ferried in materials from ships anchored in deep water. Huge water-distilling plants arrived piecemeal in great crates. Engineers got ready to lay down an entirely new airstrip. A forest of long-range communications masts and antennas began to rise. Back in the U.S., task force ships docked on both the East and West coasts prepared to sail for the Pacific...