Word: airtight
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Lady Li's silk-wrapped body had been placed inside an airtight coffin that was the innermost of six boxes packed in five tons of charcoal, completely surrounded by a layer of white clay and, finally, buried under more than 60 ft. of earth. Furthermore, inside the inner coffin scientists found a reddish, mildly acid fluid containing mercurial compounds that preserved body moisture and helped retard decomposition...
...quarantine was hardly airtight. During their meeting with President Nixon and Soviet Communist Party Leader Leonid Brezhnev at the Western White House, the astronauts balked at the orders of NASA doctors and did not wear face masks. "If we catch a cold," joked Conrad, "it would be an honor to catch a cold from you two gentlemen." Brezhnev joined in the banter by asking Conrad to take the two leaders up to Skylab. Nixon cheerfully nodded his assent...
...mounting testimony against him, but he has followed his lawyers' advice to remain silent for fear of prejudicing the case they are building for his defense. They are analyzing every word of testimony, closely watching for weakness on the part of each witness and planning to shape an airtight position for Mitchell to take...
...unbudging loyalty, bringing USU two titles in four years. Week after week the unsung pugilists of the offensive line did the thankless dirty work in that no-man's land between the lines, and USU won big combining the talents of its crafty quarterback with a cagey and seemingly airtight wall of protection. In 1968 they brought USU its first championship in eight years, edging Minnesota, 43-42, in the frantic November title game, after having squandered a big early lead. Four years later the quarterback with the same old line captured national laurels again. This time, though, it wasn...
sweetness. Dr. James Barnes Jr., of the Glenn Dale Hospital in Glenn Dale, Md., reports in the A.M.A. Journal that a high concentration of common granulated sugar, applied daily to bedsores under a special airtight bandage, clears them up. Dr. Robert Blomfield of Chelsea, England, reports similar results when he uses honey. Neither doctor is sure why his treatment works, though Barnes believes that sugar may boost the inflammatory reaction essential to the healing process. Barnes found that sugar produced a 78% cure rate when applied to the bedsores of 180 patients treated during a five-year period. Blomfield says...