Word: bronchially
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...that really counts these days is money," Aristotle Onassis once said. "It's the people with money who are the royalty now." By that maxim, the ambitious, expansive Greek shipping magnate was a king of kings. Until he died of bronchial pneumonia in Paris last week at age 69, after months of suffering from myasthenia gravis (a debilitating disease that weakens the body muscles), Onassis had flamboyantly ruled an empire of ocean tankers and airlines, banks, real estate holdings and trading companies. His total worth, despite financial reverses in recent months, was estimated to be at least $500 million...
Died. David M. ("Carbine") Williams, 74, inventor of the M-l rifle used by U.S. troops in World War II; of bronchial pneumonia; in Raleigh, N.C. Williams designed the gun in the tool shop of a North Carolina camp for incorrigibles where he was imprisoned after pleading guilty to killing a deputy sheriff. His inventions eventually made him a millionaire and the subject of a 1952 movie starring James Stewart...
...situation of some 10,000 Turkish Cypriot refugees in the southern, Greek-controlled part of the island is no better; they, too, are living under canvas this winter. In two desolate camps at the British base in Akrotiri, many are suffering from bronchial and rheumatic conditions, and there are cases of tuberculosis. But they at least have the consolation of knowing that, a few dozen miles to the north of their camps, there is Turkish armor with the capability of overrunning the entire island...
Harry Parker's eight lost its regular stroke Al Shealy for the races, when he came down with a bronchial infection. Shealy, who stroked the United States eight to victory in the world championships at Lucerne, Switzerland, last summer, was sorely missed as Parker's boat never seemed to settle into its usual powerful stroking...
Died. Jaya Chamarajendra Wadiyar Bahadur, 55, wealthy former Maharajah of Mysore and one of the last of India's great princes; of bronchial pneumonia; in Bangalore, India. Wadiyar ascended Mysore's throne in 1940. Though he ruled with a fabled fondness for splendor, pomp and courtly ritual, Wadiyar also did much to modernize his 125,000-sq.mi. realm. In 1947, when India began consolidating the 550 princely states left behind after British rule, Wadiyar was one of the first potentates to relinquish his sovereignty; from 1956 to 1964 he served as appointed Governor of Mysore, and from...