A narrow escape

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Two crew members of the team that explored the underground river Baliem in the Indonesian island Irian Jaya report their experience. The danger of exploring an underground river was compounded because the island has heavy precipitation which can cause the river to flood. People can be trapped because the floods can make the river rise rapidly. Special equipment helped the explorers scout for the river and to film the various underground chambers.

Indonesia, Discovery and exploration, Geography, Rivers

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Effect of a long- and short-acting beta(sub)2-agonist on exercise-induced arterial hypoxemia

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Results indicate that the arterial oxygen saturationnadir or ventilation kinetics in a group of highly trained nonasthamatic athletes, with exercise-induced arterial hypoxemia, is not affected by an acute, inhaled therapeutic dose of beta(sub)2-agonists such as formoterol or salbutamol.

Australia, Canada, Physiological aspects, Influence, Exercise, Albuterol, Bronchoconstrictor agents, Anoxemia, Formoterol

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American Express presents: taste the town

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The restaurants of every city help convey that location's special flavor. Three such cities, Philadelphia, PA; New York, NY; and Los Angeles, CA; are discussed, and a variety of their finer restaurants is presented.

New York, New York, Restaurants, Los Angeles, California, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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