Word: strains
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...result these green stone animals have a charm that is comparatively lacking in the artists' self-portraits. These, on the whole, are angular with distorted features. They seem to reflect the strain of a life of constant struggle with the elements. A striking example of this spirit is a family group carved out of a single block of black soapstone. The figures are huddled together. They are heavy, clumsy and coarse-featured, but oddly uncertain, despite their solidarity. Likewise, a carved hunter seems very much at the mercy of his surroundings. His axe raised and face contorted, he twists, almost...
...strain of pneumonia bug defies most antibiotics
According to Dr. David W. Fraser, of the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, the newly virulent pneumococcal strains have so far appeared only in South Africa. But that is no cause for complacency. Tests showed that staff members at Baragwanath and 80 patients at another Johannesburg hospital also harbored the new strain. Though some showed no symptoms of pneumonia, others became ill and one patient died. The danger, says Epidemiologist Fraser, is that patients' relatives and hospital staff members can carry the bacteria in their throats and remain well, yet transmit the infection to others who will become...
Patrick Burns, 28, and his wife Dawn, 25, shopped for four months for a suburban house but settled for a $33,000 home in a Cleveland neighborhood they do not especially like. The monthly mortgage payments of $299 will be such a strain that they have decided to add no more children to their present two. Besides that, says Dawn, "we budgeted the food shopping so that no snacks, no beer and especially no McDonald's are on the list." Even so, they could not meet the payments if Patrick did not collect frequent overtime...
...more people are looking on a house not just as a place to live but as the best investment they can make?better than a savings account, better than bonds, far better than the sagging stock market. The price may be a shock and the monthly payments a severe strain, but many families think the value of their home is bound to jump. Even if it does, the profit is only on paper until the house is resold, and most families will then have to buy another house at inflated prices. But they do get a big break; profit...