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...opening program, however, should be taken with a grain of patience. In the next episode, freed from the obligation to pump out basic information, Bronowski is off to Jericho and an examination of agriculture as the basis for civilization. This is one of those undramatic notions whose miraculous qualities have faded with familiarity. Bronowski restores the vital and mysterious dimension with a simple tactic. He precedes his superb little essay on the domestication of wheat and animals in Jericho with a study of the Bakhtiari nomads of Iran, whose endless search for pasturage precludes the development of any culture worthy...
...cause a rupture or blowout of an artery feeding the brain. When it does, part of the brain is deprived of its blood supply and thus its oxygen. The resulting damage is called a stroke. High blood pressure also forces the heart to work harder, for it must pump against increased resistance. The overworked organ may enlarge, demanding more oxygen than the system can provide; the chest pains of angina pectoris or even damage to irreplaceable heart muscle may soon follow. Or the enlarged heart may be unable to empty itself against the pressure of blood in the arteries, causing...
...only a few extra pounds or many, may bring an increase in blood pressure. It takes a mile of capillaries to nourish each extra pound of fatty tissue. With each extra pound, there is a corresponding increase in blood volume. This means that the heart must work harder to pump more blood through a more extensive circulatory system...
...uncontrolled oil from foreign sources or "new" domestic oil-production in excess of a 1972 base period that is allowed to sell at the world price. Through this system, the tariff would translate mainly into a nationwide rise in gas prices of 3? or 4? per gal. at the pump...
...reserves, nearly 4% of the world total. Norway alone has proven reserves of about 6 billion bbl., and experts believe that the potential is at least twice that amount. Surprisingly, though, Norway is approaching its new riches with Scandinavian solemnity. Government planners predict that by 1981, oil output will pump more than $2.7 billion in yearly revenues into the Norwegian economy. The inflow, they gloomily believe, may bring more problems-in disruption of other industries and inflation-than benefits...