Word: winded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Come wind, come weather...
...Though it is familiar as "the heaves" or "broken wind" in horses. Emphysema comes from a Greek word meaning to puff up or inflate...
...years, announced that he had "developed a circulatory weakness, and there has been a cerebral thrombosis." Though he had rallied with astonishing vitality from earlier illness, including two previous strokes, Churchill at 90 was feeble and weary; his illness, said Moran, was "very serious indeed." In a chilling wind and rain, sorrowing Britons gathered quietly in the cul-de-sac outside Churchill's red brick house at 28 Hyde Park Gate...
...fire swept the cathedral and silenced the organ for a decade. Two world wars took an even heavier toll. The cathedral's stainedglass windows, removed to protect them from bombing raids, were replaced by sheets of oilcloth, which soon developed gaping holes, admitting not only rain and wind but also squadrons of pigeons that fancied the organ pipes as a roost. For years afterwards, repairmen were extracting pigeon skeletons from the pipes; some pipes have already caved in, while others are held together with string...
When a northeast wind finally blew down the gulch, Boyer pressed the button. A cloud of grey smoke rose up with a ball of fire at its heart; out of it spouted flashes of light like giant Fourth of July sparklers. Observers heard a loud bang and felt a modest shock wave. As the cloud began to dissipate, three Air Force bombers swooped into it, collecting air samples. Then men wearing respirators and full safety suits stepped cautiously within 200 yds. of ground zero. Kiwi had disappeared. Nothing was left on the seared site but the railroad car with...