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(Encyclopedia) ratiteratiterătˈīt [key], common and general term for a variety of flightless birds characterized by a flat, raftlike sternum rather than the keeled sternum, designed to support flight…Peter Davi Biography
surferDied: Dec. 4, 2007 (California) Best Known as: surfer renowned for his fearlessness Davi was a California surfer renowned for his fearlessness who…David Cadena 1998 Deaths
David CadenaAge: 17 outfielder for Laredo J.W. Nixon High School who was killed after being struck in the chest by a pitched ball while batting against Uvalde High School in the Border…Peter Safar 2003 Deaths
Peter SafarAge: 79 pioneering anesthesiologist who developed the lifesaving technique cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), a combination of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and closed-chest…Treating Shock
Shock may accompany any serious injury: blood loss, breathing impairment, heart failure, burns. Shock can kill—treat as soon as possible and continue until medical aid is available. Signs/…Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 12
Part 12The butcher-boy puts off his killing-clothes, or sharpens his knife at the stall in the market, I loiter enjoying his repartee and his shuffle and break-down.Blacksmiths with…Fabio Biography
Fabio(Fabio Lanzoni)model, hunkBorn: 3/15/1961Birthplace: Milan, Italy Barrel-chested hunk who seemingly sprang from the cover of a romance novel—wait, who in fact did spring from the cover…John Gibbon
John GibbonBorn: 1903 Heart-Lung Machine. Gibbon's development of the heart-lung machine made possible the first successful open-heart operation in 1953. Improved versions allow surgeons…Priscilla Davis 2001 Deaths
Priscilla DavisAge: 59 socialite who was wounded in a 1976 multiple shooting in Fort Worth, Texas. Davis survived a gunshot wound to the chest, but her daughter, Andrea Wilborn, and Davis's…Steve Irwin 2006 Deaths
Steve IrwinAge: 44 television personality and animal conservationist, known to fans worldwide as the “Crocodile Hunter,” whose stunts with crocodiles, alligators, and snakes brought him fame—…Trending
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