Word: burnings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...from his hospital cot: "I got up next to the sergeant guarding the turret and one of the Japs stuck his head down inside. I shot him right between the eyes. Suddenly there was a terrific explosion and I saw the tank commander go down. Then I felt a burning pain in my neck and realized they must have thrown a grenade down the turret. A few moments later they set fire to the tank. The driver and I figured it was better to get outside and get shot rather than burn to death. The driver poked his head...
Among other fairies gremlins shouldn't be confused with: duppies (West Indian nuisances who throw rocks on your roof at night and whose eyes burn like fire); afreets (Arabic sprites who cause dust whirlwinds in front of bad camels and sometimes are called "dust-devils" for it); jinn (far nicer Arabic folk who come out of bottles and alternately plague and help old people) and the numerous progeny of "Old" Al (the Mississippi River spirit who loves chewing tobacco supplied slyly at night by steamboat hands...
...burn cure contains hormone-like substances which are extracted from yeast and fish-liver oils and stimulate the growth of any sort of cells. Applying this...
...Biodyne" ointment to 100 patients in the burn clinic of Mercy Hospital, Dr. Walsh found that...
Several students remarked that they wished the whole plant would burn down--it was rumored that they desired to have dormitories erected with larger closets so the men sleeping in them would have more room to turn around...