Word: bitingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...larvae had been allowed to mature they would have turned into half-inch flies resembling bluebottles, with yellow heads and blue-grey bodies. The human botfly does not bite or lay its eggs on people, but enslaves smaller flies and mosquitoes by gluing its eggs to their bodies. When the slave bites a victim, the eggs hatch into larvae which bore into him. And, says Dr. Kaye, two of them might have been enough to start a general infestation of the U.S. with another painful pest...
...funds, Romulo put the bite on sugar barons, who contributed $250,000 after he bluntly reminded them of the favors he did for the industry while negotiating the Philippine sugar quota when he was ambassador to Washington. Lobbying in the Philippine Congress, Romulo got extra money for scholarships, fellowships, better facilities for research and graduate study, raises for the faculty...
Whether this clever deal will come off depends on the answers to three questions: Will stockholders bite? Will Milligan fight? If he does, how successful will he be? Waiting for the outcome, the bidders are bullish. "You know what they say about the oil business," grinned Joseph Oliver, a Consolidation vice president. "When it's good, it's great; and when it's lousy, it's still pretty darned good...
...chewing programs of 24 volunteers have been tuned in, and Dr. Adams hopes that his records will eventually aid his colleagues in telling if a bite is good or poor in real dentures. What reward do the volunteers get for their services? A piece of nonbroadcasting bridgework to replace their own missing molars...
...CHALET. From a little fresh-air balcony in the Swiss pavilion you can watch the aerial gondolas coast overhead, sip cool rose wine, sample Swiss cheeses, and cook bite-size cubes of filet mignon (Fondue Bourguignonne) right on the table. Dipped in five sauces, they are delicious...