But when sustained heat waves hit a region, the other health ramifications can be serious, including sunstroke and even major organ damage due to heat. The Chicago heat wave in the summer of 1995 killed an estimated 692 people and sent at least 3,300 people to the emergency room.
Lunatic fringe. (Redirected from Lunatic Fringe) Lunatic fringe is a term used to characterize members of a political or social movement as extremists with eccentric or fanatical views. The term was popularized by Theodore Roosevelt, who wrote in 1913 that, Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe..
fringe benefit-an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right); a limousine is one of the fringe benefits of the job. perk, perquisite.