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...snap the head back or twist it violently, causing the jelly-like brain to be slammed against the rigid skull like a yolk inside a raw egg. When this happens, nerve cells and blood vessels may be twisted, ruptured or stretched. The brain, like any other damaged tissue, can swell, causing it to press against the inside of the skull, resulting in further damage...
...genius. And so the jealous man seizes upon a plan of total destruction. In a voice that carries no hint of remorse, the aged composer reveals to the speechless Priest his decision to commission a requiem from Mozart, and then murder his rival. At the funeral, the cathedral would swell with a stirring mass for the dead musician, written by his devoted friend Antonio Salieri...
...battle complicated by a woefully small number of church buildings to accommodate worshipers. The T.S.P.M. estimates there are 3 million Protestants in the country, about the same number as the official count of Catholics. But the respected Chinese Church Research Center in Hong Kong claims that house-church members swell the Protestant total to 30 million or more. Privately, some Chinese officials say the figure is closer to 20 million...
Lawrence Klein, winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize for pioneering the development of modern econometric models, is proud of his Wharton forecasts. They correctly predicted that the 1973 Arab oil embargo would result in a recession and higher inflation, and that the 1981 tax cuts would swell the federal budget deficit far beyond Government estimates. Says Klein: "At least econometric models can give you a quick on-line response to any major event like an embargo or a change in fiscal and monetary policy...
...pushing through crowds, foraging forlornly for nonnews. At the convention's transcending moments, the big speeches, television is at its best. In San Francisco, these speeches were endlessly ballyhooed in advance in the irritating way television plugs prizefights or sitcoms to come. But if this iteration helped swell the crowd to hear the oratory of Governor Cuomo, Jesse Jackson or Fritz Mondale, much can be forgiven. These fine speeches reminded us that a skilled orator, adjusting intuitively to the crowd's response, employs a different and more demanding art than the numbing nattering of commentators. Television talk...