Word: spleening
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...What is singular about the Pi Eta incident in the free speech arena? Why action here and not in other similar instances where a voice of moral leadership was called for? Why didn't Bok take the initiative and use the Weinberger and the P.L.O. incidents to vent his spleen on the necessity of free speech...
Some of the unexpected moments have been the brightest. Blatnick, 27, a super-heavyweight from upstate New York, had his spleen removed because of cancer two years ago. When he won, the level of his emotion was stunning. "It was just an offering of thanks," he said, after dropping to his knees and crossing himself at the moment of victory. "I've been given a lot of chances in my life, and I wasn't going to go without thanking somebody for it." Gorski left the silver medal to Nelson Vails, 24, who learned to ride delivering messages...
Post-mortem examination disclosed "totally unexpected" complications, according to Shearer. Accumulations of abnormally large white blood cells known as B cells were found in the boy's intestines, lungs and spleen. The fact that the cells were David's and not his sister's suggested that the transplant had not taken hold. For doctors, the more interesting question was whether these cells were malignant. The answer could provide valuable clues to the immune system and how it defends against cancer. "David's life," said an emotional Shearer, "has been important for medicine, but his greatest contribution...
...example, students would be presented with the case of a patient with a ruptured spleen, and then learn anatomy and physiology necessary to treat such a condition...
During the last couple of decades women have socked it to men and vented their collective spleen in the process. As a result most men now know what women have known all along: that males do not posses a monopoly on intelligence, strength, ambition, or desire. Clearly any man who hasn't gotten the message by now is either deaf, dumb, or decaying inside a donut shop somewhere, clutching a newspaper that reads, "LINDBERGH LANDS...