I admit my heart plummeted at tonight's opening scenes: not only was Birgitte abroad, shunning Danish for English – not normally a recipe for success – but those first shots of a super-glamorous Nyborg in a helicopter over Hong Kong, the diary engagements of a successful private sector boss being spelled out, landed with a massive thunk.
But my heart plummeted when they started singing the "Circle of Life".
Like a rock being dropped into an already full bucket, my heart plummeted to my stomach forcing its contents into my throat.
As shares in the fledgling technology companies that dominate the Nasdaq composite and investors' hearts plummeted, the index fell deep into bear market territory.
But this city is home to many a striver, and so even some who dismissed the grades could not help feel a surge of joy at seeing an A, or feel their hearts plummet at the sight of a B or C. "Of course, I want it to get an A," said Angelique Schipani, a management consultant with a child at P.S. 234 in TriBeCa, which earned a B. "I moved here specifically for this school".
But when he slowed down, his heart rate plummeted.
Jennifer, the exercise bulimic, was "rescued" when she had to be hospitalized after her heart rate plummeted during an intense work-out.
Parker Christine Opdyke, almost 27 weeks in the womb, was delivered by emergency Caesarean section on July 18, when her fetal heart rate plummeted during Ms. Opdyke's third lung collapse.
Annual deaths from congestive heart failure plummeted 22% by adding (and enforcing) a checklist to ensure all patients get the right medicines before they leave the hospital.
At this my heart sickened and plummeted down my left side and into my shoe.
