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Article: The powers of pressure.(air pressure)
- Article from:
- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 1, 2003
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Feeling pressured? Don't worry, so too is everyone else across the globe. It's a fact. Each day, every day, all day, Earthlings wake up under pressure. What's more, for most of us, it's inescapable--even when we sleep. Of course, most of us wouldn't want it any other way, because without this kind of pressure--air pressure, that is--life, as we now enjoy it, simply wouldn't exist.
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