Word: bitters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...President's veto overridden by a substantial margin-310 to 113-but 49 of the 144 Republican Congressmen voted with the Democrats. The startling defeat for Ford set the mood and the stage for what promises to be a congressional session full of tough, partisan politics and bitter confrontations with the White House. Hoping to help themselves-as well as their presidential candidate, whoever he may be-in the upcoming elections, the Democrats will be out to portray Ford as the great naysayer while they fight for social programs and more jobs. President Ford, on the other hand, will...
...Lester and I have always been bitter political enemies," says Carter. "We were nominated in 1970 by the same Democratic voters, so we gave each other mutual support. I said, 'I'm supporting the ticket, with Lester on it.' I said, 'I'm proud to be on the ticket with Lester because his campaign style-not depending on powerful politicians for endorsements-was compatible with mine.' I said his inclination to campaign directly with the people, in the streets, in the factories, in the barber shops and beauty parlors, represents the essence...
...Lebanese civil war, it was the worst week ever. The bitter fighting between Christian and Moslem communities, which for nine months had been largely confined to Beirut and a few scattered towns and villages, last week spread with explosive intensity; the death toll since April was pushed to more than 9,000. "A state of total anarchy," was the way a horrified Beirut television announcer described the killings, kidnapings, looting, arson and destruction. The disastrous round of fighting triggered two abortive cease-fire efforts in 24 hours, as well as the proffered resignation-not accepted-of Premier Rashid Karami...
Fingers, toes or the nose and cheeks usually become vulnerable first. As the body tries to conserve heat for vital internal organs in bitter cold, it reduces the flow of warming blood to the extremities. Eventually, if the temperature in the tissue drops low enough, tiny ice crystals begin to form in the watery spaces between the cells. Expanding outward in all directions, the ice ruptures cell membranes and kills the tissue, which turns white, stiff and insensitive to touch...
...late as the 1950s some doctors and first-aid manuals were recommending massage of a frostbitten limb with snow or ice, a treatment that traces back to Baron Larrey, Napoleon's chief surgeon on the Grand Army's disastrous retreat from Moscow during the bitter winter of 1812-13. Larrey believed such therapy reduced the likelihood of infection. But the experience of American doctors during the Korean War and more recently in Alaska has shown that the best treatment for frostbite is not more cold but rapid warming...