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- n acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales; inflammation of the lungs which become stiff and fibrous and cannot exchange oxygen; occurs among persons exposed to irritants such as corrosive chemical vapors or ammonia or chlorine etc.
- Author Chamberlin doubts "whether most Americans realize the ex tent of the fall of liberal civilization in Europe, the thorough sweep of old stand ards and values.
- He drinks and drinks and drinks some more from great pewter tank ards; when angered, he absentmindedly dashes beer into the face of a bulldog.
- He has also acted to increase the living stand ards of the Congolese wage earner by raising wages 30% , slashing rents, and subsidizing the transport of farm products to big-city .