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...lungs resulting from the loss of elasticity in their deepest recesses. There the tiny alveoli, or gas-exchange cells, give up carbon dioxide and take in oxygen. Clustered around small arteries, they are so numerous that they create a huge area for gas exchange-about 85 sq. yds. in the average adult...
...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 its back broken, and a few shreds of burning electric cable...
Hello, Buddy. The main things Har ney, 35, got out of his eight years on the pro tour were a streak of snow-white hair and a nervous stomach. A reed-thin 150-pounder, he created a brief splash in 1957 when he belted a ball 430 yds. off the 17th tee at Tijuana, Mexico, but in all that time he won only four minor tournaments, finally quit to take a club pro's job in 1963, saying, "My nerves can't take it any more." But every now and then, when things get a little lonely around...
...Arkansas: a come-from-behind, 10-7 victory over stubborn Nebraska, in the Cotton Bowl at Dallas. Held to only 45 yds. rushing by a Nebraska line that outweighed them by 20 Ibs. per man, the No. 2-ranked Razorbacks took to the air, went 80 yds. in the dying minutes for the TD that gave them their first undefeated, untied season in 55 years...
What assets? Easy, replied Sexton. The holes contained 2,528,787 cu. yds. of air. It was the air that was being used up and depreciated...