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...only were the Russians apt to be taller than the Chinese; they brought their own rules, their own heavier ball, and their own referee. Chinese, used to playing by American rules, were told that Russian rules are the "international rules." The Russian referee was there to interpret the Russian rules right...
Milk is about the last important food to resist preservation by freezing. It can be preserved in several ways with its food value intact, but its flavor is apt to be ruined by any kind of tinkering. The U.S. Department of Agriculture now says that frozen, concentrated milk might soon join orange juice in the family icebox...
...moment, he could wander down to the stable area along the Susquehanna, watch such thoroughbreds as Exterminator or Sir Barton grazing under the trees. After the races there was the leisurely ride home, or perhaps a turn at the roulette wheel or dice table in what was apt to be, in race season, a relaxed and hospitable town...
Cautious Start. Holmes did not make the mistake of molesting the sacred cows. He knew he would be licked before he started if he meddled openly in religious matters. "In any of the foreign countries," he said, "we are apt to make the mistake of attempting to Americanize the people. They do not necessarily want to be Americans, nor do they need to be." Holmes let the sacred cows alone, but he eventually tricked them without sacrilege by introducing legume crops that they would...
...social commentator and by those who rave about his humor. "My strongest feeling about anything is disparity-in materials or shapes or sizes. I may think a thing is amusing but I'm likely to be absolutely serious about it." With a self-conscious giggle he is apt to add, "I don't giggle...