While most xiphodynia originates with overstressing muscles or irritating the xiphoid process, it is sometimes associated with life-threatening conditions, says Chiropractic & Osteopathy. The pain of xiphodynia is also similar to cardiac-related chest pain, and the two could be misdiagnosed for one another.
DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITE OF THEIR EYES.. DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITE OF THEIR EYES.. The origin of this alleged command to the American patriots at Bunker Hill on 17 June 1775 may have been Col. William Prescott's order to reserve fire and aim low because powder was scarce.
But the woman he whistled at was white. He was black. A few days later, her angry husband roused him from bed, told him to hurry up and dress. Three days later, his terribly battered body surfaced in the muddy Tallahatchie River where it straightens out for a stretch through the cotton-rich flatlands of the delta. His name was Emmett Till. He was 14 years old. An all-white jury acquitted the husband, Roy Bryant, and his half-brother, J. W. Milam, of killing the boy, even though the pair had admitted to the kidnaping.