Word: upthrust
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...usual ECG, taken with a patient supine in a doctor's office, shows what is supposed to be normal for those conditions: when the auricles contract there is a small upthrust called the P wave; this is quickly followed by a sharply spiking QRS wave as the ventricles contract; after a brief rest, there is a gently rising T wave before the ventricles get a fresh electric charge (see diagrams). What happens to the normal healthy man's heart when he gets up off the couch and goes about his daily activities...
...movement. Last week in Geneva, the United Nations Economic and Social Council reported that the world's economic prospects have turned around sharply since 1962 because of unexpectedly strong consumer spending, and that "economic activity in the early months of 1963 was marked by the vigor of its upthrust." In Brussels, the Common Market's quarterly survey of businessmen's expectations found "a climate more favorable" than a few months...
...principle of the heart's "kick" is as simple as the thrust of a rocket: with each beat, blood rushes upward and strikes the aortic arch (where the great artery curves downward). The impact is great enough to give the whole body an upthrust. Almost simultaneously, acceleration of the blood directed downward by the aortic arch adds to the upthrust. When the descending blood slows down, there is a rebound effect which gives the body a downthrust, about half as intense as the earlier upthrust...
public and the U.S. Government the challenge of curbing the perennial upthrust on labor costs in some way that is fair to labor-but also fair to the public and in keeping with the interests of the nation...