Word: belladonna
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...their search for an antidote, Army doctors found atropine, a derivative of belladonna, a deadly poison, in 1947-48. Still, two problems plagued the Army: preventing panic and administering the antidote efficiently in cast of a raid...
...what?" and one of them adds crushingly, "Holidays should come from God." The whole social structure of the village is upset by Sophie's munificence, for though she considers herself poverty stricken, they are overwhelmed by her riches. Soon the situation turns ugly: she finds ground glass and belladonna in her food, and little Teresa is kidnaped for a while...
...broken down into other compounds. The Chicago team has found out that digitalis stays in the system much longer than had been thought; next, they hope to learn in far greater detail how it works, and how the body ultimately disposes of it. They are also growing radioactive belladonna to make radioactive atropine, and white poppies to give morphine an atomic kick...
While most of the words that Colby discusses are suggested by his readers, Colby turned the tables in 1942 by asking them: What are the most euphonious English words? The top ten by popular vote: mother, memory, Cellophane, bellboy, melancholy, belladonna, flamingo, wilderness, tambourine, lavender. Last week Logophile Colby reported the results of a new readers' poll. Mother had slipped a bit, but was still listed among the top ten. There were eight new favorites. The 1950 hit parade: melody, lullaby, mimosa, memory, mellow, mother, moonbeam, murmuring, beautiful, lanolin...