Word: weight
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...study of both Roman historical references to crucifixions and reports by Nazi prison-camp survivors who saw the grisly method of killing carried out during World War II. Nailed to the cross by wrists and ankles, the victim, in a desperate struggle for breath, alternately shifted his weight from arms to legs until he slumped down utterly exhausted. With the body weight resting on the arms, the diaphragm could no longer expel carbon dioxide from the lungs, and thus the man died...
...painful path from demi-death to limited life. Welch's perceptions are keen, and his imagery probes reality like a scalpel. A nurse's face "gained an unreal nutcracker severity from the curve and compression of her nose and lips. It was as if a heavy weight on her head had crumpled the features underneath." Railroad tracks, "like never-ending stilettos, seemed to pierce into the grey, veined, bulging heart of the future." From his sickbed, Denton Welch saw life with the poignant clarity of a man seeing it for the last time...
...toilet modeled on those used in aircraft. It can be rolled to the bed side and locked there. When its top and sides are opened, they form screens to give the patient privacy. With the help of a "grab bar," he can slide from bed to toilet without putting weight on his legs. Though the flushing unit is designed for 12-volt D.C. operation, it can also work on standard house and hospital A.C. A pushbutton activates a mechanism for pumping 81 gallons of deodorant, disinfectant flushing solution -enough, say the manufacturers, for 80 or more uses. Its convenience, they...
...earth if they are to work effectively, and scientists have devised some complex systems to help them maintain position. Gyroscopes, inertial devices, gas jets and small rocket engines, working in conjunction with thousands of electrical and mechanical components, have all been tested. In an effort to reduce the weight and complexity of such systems, General Electric space specialists have taken their inspiration from the moon-a natural satellite that manages to keep the same face permanently toward the earth without the aid of any elaborate apparatus...
Kilty is marvelous at conveying Falstaff's weight; and when he drops his walking stick in the first tavern scene, he has trouble picking it up -- with hilarious effect. This stick, by the way, is his chief prop -- a little too short, and comically bent. It looks all the funnier when juxtaposed with the long straight staff carried by the prim and proper Chief Justice (Alexander Clark). When Kilty tries to use his stick as a sword, the result is worthy of W.C. Fields' famous attempt to play pool with a crooked...