Word: suffering
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that are damaged most in noise-induced deafness. The ones that pick up the high frequencies are the first to wear out, and as the noise bombardment continues, the destruction creeps inward to nerves of lower frequency-all without the hearer being aware of damage. About 18 million Americans suffer total or partial deafness; among working males two out of three cases of deafness are caused by noise...
Firmer Stance. What does the future hold for the market? Some pessimists say that the average will plop into the low 700s and stay there for a long while; corollary to this theory is the idea that some time next year the U.S. economy will suffer a recession...
...evidence that mosquitoes really bite snakes, Dr. Gebhardt has tested the idea in his laboratory, where skeptics have now seen a dozen or more mosquitoes perched on the head of a single snake, eating heartily. Unlike horses or humans, the snakes apparently suffer no discomfort and develop no encephalitis...
...fear sets in. Hemingway once remarked that the true test of a bull-fighter comes after his first major wound. The natural matador will concentrate harder when he returns to the circuit, while the man out for money alone will lose his nerve. Once wounded, Miguelin begins to suffer from dreams and fantasies of death. The camera, which before had recorded the full spectacle of the bull-fight from a discreet distance, focuses directly on Miguelin and the bull as, for the first time, he realizes that he and the beast are alone in the ring...
...occasion, Stilwell helped carry out the wounded after being trapped by Viet Cong fire in the Mekong Delta, later became the only American general wounded in Viet Nam when enemy ground fire riddled a chopper he was riding. An inveterate skydiver, he returned to the U.S. only to suffer fractures of the back, pelvis and both heels when his parachute failed to open properly during a free-fall jump at Fort Bragg...