Word: acidly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...socks, marched him into the death chamber where there are three chairs. Into the middle chair they plopped Killer Kelley, strapped him tight, put a blindfold over his eyes. Beneath the chair was a trough containing twelve potassium cyanide "eggs." Under the trough was a bucket of sulphuric acid. Silently the guards withdrew and sealed the door. Through the windows peered 15 physicians. A lever was pulled. The "eggs" dropped into the bucket. White fumes boiled up. In ten seconds Kelley was unconscious. In 30 seconds he was dead. Materials for the execution had cost the State of Colorado...
...milk drippings, scurried back to the ant hill with the tidings. When Mrs. Patrick returned from the tomato patch, the crib, the coverlet, Harold's head were a rusty-red quiver. The baby was unconscious. Doctors thought that he might recover from the ant-bite poison (formic acid). But the red ants, like the all-devouring soldier ants which terrorize tropical Asia, had nipped the sight from...
...pointed an accusing finger at Bulgaria as one of the most important manufacturing sources of illegal opium and heroin. Last week came another League report on opium, and its charges against Bulgaria were stronger. Stuart J. Fuller of the U. S. revealed that in 1933 Bulgaria imported enough acetic acid anhydride to manufacture 13,000 Ib. of heroin, four times the legitimate needs of the entire world. Col. Charles Henry Sharman of Canada charged that Bulgarian production of raw opium rose from...
respiration, circulation, metabolism, acid-base balance, water balance, heat regulation, cardiac performance, excretion, blood gas transport, and subjective responses in rest and in work of varying intensity. Continuous observation will be made, but especially detailed programmes will be carried out at sea level, 5,000 feet, 11,000 feet, 14,500 feet, 17,500 feet, 19,500 feet, and the same stations coming down. As much as possible will be done at altitudes greater than 20,000 feet...
...whom did you vote in 1932?" The person receiving a ballot makes two crosses, writes the name of his State, and drops the card in the mail box. Yet this simple operation may have results of profound significance. The New Deal is to be put to the acid test...