Word: vein
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Witnesses said the intruder apparently cut the man's vein, missing his arteries...
...hearing a gnarled veteran of the receding frontier say: "In a few years, the railroad will come all along the Yellowstone ... the wild riders and the vacant lands are about to vanish forever " But for a boy of 19, there were plenty of adventures left. In a yeasty anecdotal vein, Remington tells tales of canoeing shallow rivers and being spilled into the foaming rapids...
...four bands that Eno introduced to the world, only Mars continues to play in the same vein. Unfortunately, their latest single reveals a band without a sense of direction. The other bands, though, have completely restructured themselves. As a result, "no wave" has become as meaningless a term as punk or new wave. James Chance of the Contortions has fired all the musicians from the original Contortions and has broadened his scope so he can become the George Clinton of rock and roll. Robin Crutchfield, organist from DNA, is on his own, developing moody synthesizer compositions, a la Eno. Arto...
...fact, included in the Constitution. I think: no ERA, no draft." But other feminists, including Eleanor Smeal, the current president of NOW, refused to link the draft with passage of the ERA. Said she: "We are full citizens, and we should serve in every way." In a similar vein, the Atlanta chapter of NOW urged Democratic Senator Sam Nunn of Georgia to support "only that legislation which would require draft registration for persons of both sexes...
...heart is connected to a heart lung machine which will maintain the body's circulation while the heart is stopped. In the photograph above, Dr. Crosthwait makes an incision to expose the coronary artery while Dr. Angel aids with forceps. They will then stitch one end of a vein which they have removed from the patient's leg to the coronary and the other end of this vein to the aorta in order to "bypass" an area of bad circulation...