Word: rigidities
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...been a heavy smoker and, as a result, his lungs were leathery. They could not exchange enough oxygen to keep him going. So an incision was made in his throat and a tube inserted to supply oxygen more efficiently and to remove mucus. Kasperak's big chest was rigid; other organs showed little tendency to close in around the small heart, and the cavity filled with fluid. His liver and kidneys had been damaged by a shortage of oxygenated blood...
Massachusetts politicians often talk about something which they call "the system"--the unwritten, rigid rules which govern life up on Beacon Hill. White's ultimatum was in utter defiance of "the system." Indeed, "the system" decreed that the price White would probably have to pay for his interference with the legislative process would be the scuttling of legislation that he might propose as Mayor of Boston. The risk was a great one but White probably realized or at least sensed the sharpness of Davoren's desire to replace him and also sensed Quinn's quietly seething ambition to become Speaker...
...week, but now he has to show that he-and Congress-have the courage to back oratory with muscle. That means not merely trying to persuade tourists that the Tetons are prettier than the Alps or appealing to businessmen to put patriotism above profits, but enacting tough taxes and rigid rules to discourage travel and investments or loans abroad during the current emergency...
...other cities, including the prospect of direct hops between Manhattan and the Washington, D.C. Mall or Boston's new Government Center. An ideal future workhorse for such short flights is now being developed: Lockheed's CL 1026, a commercial version of the U.S. Army's rigid-rotor Cheyenne. A compound craft with a speed of 230 m.p.h. and range of 250 miles, the CL 1026 combines helicopter rotors for vertical landings and take-offs with fixed stub wings and propeller for level flight...
...heart has been visualized without surgery once before by the use of a rigid stainless steel rod also introduced through the blood vessels. But the rigidity of this instrument made it difficult to manipulate. It was unable to pass through the variety of valves, blood vessels and chambers that the flexible fiber optics system can, Dr. Gamble said...