Word: almond
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...V.M.I.'s 6,000 living graduates were in uniform, and 57 of them rose to general-officer rank. Among V.M.I. alumni now on the Korean front: Lieut. General Lemuel C. Shepherd, commander of the Fleet Marine Force in the Pacific; Lieut. General Edward M. Almond, commander of the X Corps; Major General Clark L. Ruffner, commander of the 2nd Division (see WAR IN ASIA...
...those who know anything at all about organic chemistry, the adjective probably carries some more intricate humor. Amygdalin is a glucoside obtained from almond. On hydrolysis, it yields three appropriate fragments: i) glucose which is the sweetest, life-giving, naturally occurring sugar; 2) benzaldehyde which is the starting material for many artificial perfumes, and 3) hydrocyanic acid which is a sweet, almond-smelling gas but one of the deadliest poisons known...
Amygdaline means almondlike, "for almond appears to be derived from the Greek amygdal. . . The word would fitly decorate one of those ladies who must have their hair in the hue of a blanched almond. Amygdaline blondes are many, and the epithet would give them more dignity than they usually possess...
...order from how to stroke, the oarsmen are: Harry Almond, 22, David Macklin, 22, James Crowden, 23, Roger Sharpley, 21 John Worlidge, 23, Brian Lloyd, 24 (captain), William Windham, 25, and David Jennens, 21. Jack King is a spare. John Hinde...
Cambridge's Almond has caused considerable stir since his arrival because he weighs only 144 pounds...