Search Details

Word: aerosol (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...shot with a pellet gun by a man holding an umbrella?only a security service would probably have such sophisticated gadgetry at hand. Today's secret agents and hit men have access to numerous James Bondian devices that can make murder look like natural death ?poison delivered by aerosol spray, tiny darts fired from pens or cigarette boxes. In the late '50s a KGB agent killed two Ukrainian exile leaders in Germany by squirting prussic acid into their faces from a fountain pen; the symptoms made it appear that the men had died of simple heart attacks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: The Poisonous Umbrella | 10/16/1978 | See Source »

...pressure against smokers in the U.S. [April 24]. I will prepare myself before my next trip to the U.S. Tell me, though, is it good form to throw drinks at drivers of gas guzzlers-those polluters of my air or does one slash tires? Also, are those antismoker sprays aerosol? If so, there goes the ozone layer, and I get skin cancer. Is shin-kicking of aerosol wielders 'in," or do you cut off ties with scissors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 15, 1978 | 5/15/1978 | See Source »

Tensions increased on January 29 when an artificial bomb, fashioned out of a coffee can and an aerosol deodorant can, appeared in the elevator of Warren Towers. A note attached read in part, "Others had tried to kill the Jews but failed...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: Anti-Semitism | 2/28/1978 | See Source »

...also be useful in the treatment of asthma; inhalation of the drug dilates bronchial passages in the lungs. One problem with this treatment is that the smoke from marijuana cigarettes sometimes disturbs delicate lung tissue. For this reason, doctors are now considering the desirability of administering THC in aerosol form to asthma patients. Other uses have been recently suggested, though they require further study. Cannabis is an anti-convulsant which may be useful in treating epileptic attacks. It may be able to replace more dangerous drugs, such as barbiturates, in the treatment of insomnia. The drug's analgesic, preanesthetic...

Author: By Mark Helin, | Title: Reefer Madness | 1/27/1978 | See Source »

...Saturday morning. The birds are just beginning to start their musical songs and the frost has etched some magnificent patterns on the window panes. Where are you? Stop dreaming and let's get back to business--this isn't one of those crazy CIA tests where the aerosol LSD seeps out of the very paper you're reading...

Author: By Mare Sadowsky, | Title: Dressing for the Game | 10/6/1977 | See Source »

Previous | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | Next