Word: upper
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...GENTEE1L CORNER of upper-class England in the 1920's the symptoms of ordinary Spring Fever erupt into a full blown case of Hayfever, Noel Coward's comic nightmare of what happens when English society goes native for the weekend. It might be called a comedy of manners. Bad manners...
...chest with a stethoscope, noticed that his breathing was labored in the left lung. X rays showed that a large amount of fluid had collected in his chest. Doctors later learned that the fluid was blood that had congealed into a jelly-like glob and was pressing against the upper left chamber of Burcham's natural heart (the Jarvik-7 actually replaces only the lower, pumping chambers). This pressure, known as cardiac tamponade, prevented blood from entering the artificial heart and caused it to back up into the left lung (see illustration...
...fire appeared to have started on the upper floors of the St. Emiliene Neuropsychiatric Institute situated in the middle class neighborhood of Saavedra, nine miles from downtown Buenos Aires. Most of the patients were in bed when the blaze broke out, and some apparently were locked inside their rooms. Four young onlookers were credited with rescuing about twelve of the inmates. Criminal Court Judge Victor Pettigiani said that at least two people have been arrested in connection with the disaster...
Cambridgeport Savings Bank, a newcomer to the Square, will occupy the last of the four retail spots on the bottom floor of the lucrative site. Professional office space will fill the upper four floors...
...meant to be private, but White House operatives, eager to have Reagan appear as the prince of peace, leaked it. Had the offer remained confidential until some agreement had been reached, Reagan would have retained greater leverage; once the proposal was out in the open, Gorbachev had the upper hand, and Reagan, though the icebreaker, was reduced to the role of supplicant...