Collection 4: "Remarks at the Dedication of the Aerospace Medical Health Center" by John F. Kennedy

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  1. partisan
    devoted to a cause or political group
    This is not a partisan term, and it is not the exclusive property of Republicans or Democrats.
  2. endeavor
    earnest and conscientious activity intended to do something
    It is an era which calls for action and for the best efforts of all those who would test the unknown and the uncertain in every phase of human endeavor.
  3. pioneer
    someone who helps to open up a new line of technology or art
    It is a time for pathfinders and pioneers.
  4. aviation
    the operation of aircraft to provide transportation
    It was here that Charles Lindbergh and Claire Chennault, and a host of others, who, in World War I and World War II and Korea, and even today
    have helped demonstrate American mastery of the skies, trained at Kelly Field and Randolph Field, which form a major part of aviation history.
  5. frontier
    an undeveloped field of study
    And in the new frontier of outer space, while headlines may be made by others in other places, history is being made every day by the men and women of the Aerospace Medical Center, without whom there could be no history.
  6. metabolism
    the organic processes that are necessary for life
    Examinations of the astronaut’s physical, and mental, and emotional reactions can teach us more about the differences between normal and abnormal, about the causes and effects of disorientation, about changes in metabolism which could result in extending the life span.
  7. revolutionize
    change radically
    And second, medical space research may revolutionize the technology and the techniques of modern medicine.
  8. impairment
    the condition of having a physical or mental disability
    An instrument recently developed to record automatically the impact of acceleration upon an astronaut’s eyes will also be of help to small children
    who are suffering miserably from eye defects, but are unable to describe their impairment.
  9. profound
    far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect
    Specifically, our astronauts will need fundamentally new devices to protect them from the ill effects of radiation which can have a profound influence upon medicine and man’s relations to our present environment.
  10. impetus
    a force that makes something happen
    Here at this center we have the laboratories, the talent, the resources to give new impetus to vital research in the life centers.
  11. vital
    urgently needed; absolutely necessary
    Here at this center we have the laboratories, the talent, the resources to give new impetus to vital research in the life centers.
  12. tedious
    so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
    We have a long way to go. Many weeks and months and years of long, tedious work he ahead.
Created on Tue Jun 09 09:20:41 EDT 2020 (updated Thu Jun 11 15:04:38 EDT 2020)

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