Word: appearently
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...which Dr. Hewson manages in Philadelphia. There the bodies are injected with three gallons of fluid, greased, wrapped in paper and cloth, and refrigerated at 5° F. Dr. Hewson is proud that he preserves his cadavers so well that he can turn them over to relatives who occasionally appear two-and-a-half years after the subject's death. Such relatives always get the bodies they want, for the supply of cadavers now is so ample that no medical school or anatomical board will risk a quarrel for possession...
...York Stock Exchange the ticker symbol for Pierce Petroleum is PPX. One day last week PPX started to appear on the tape in blocks of 20,000 and 30,000 shares, and by the close was the most active issue on the Big Board with a total volume of 180,000 shares for the day. At $1.50 per share it was up 25?, a 20% rise in one session...
...scenic beauties of the United States he cannot say too much. The Grand Canyon inspires him. He characterizes it as "a sort of landscape Day of Judgment . . . not a show place, a beauty spot, but a revelation . . ." The beauties and peace of Southern California appear in his mind in bas relief against the horrors of the artificiality and superficiality which he finds in Hollywood...
...book. They have tried so hard to make their product entertaining that one is somehow won over by the pervasive enthusiasm, and persuaded to forgive them the lack of any brilliance. Their attempts at social comment are especially feeble. They apparently felt that no play could dare to appear before this hyper-socially-conscious world without some reference to President Roosevelt, the American race problem, Communism, and "Comes the Revolution", even if that play be an avowed farce. Their allusions to these matters betray an awkwardness and an uneasiness and nothing more...
...name of Mack had been put on the ballot even before the petition was received. To those to whom the petition was sent Bacon said in part, "We regret to inform you that this petition was insufficient, and that the names of four of these proposed nominees will not appear on the 1937 ballot...