Word: byproduct
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During that same period. Commercial Solvents also sold industrial alcohols, another Weizmann byproduct; and in 1933, with the repeal of the 18th Amendment, the company for a time supplied some of the makings of Old Mr. Boston and Gordon's gin. During World War II, Commercial Solvents became the first firm to mass-produce penicillin; it also developed a crystalline form of the drug, which could be transported in bulk without refrigeration...
...prevalence of beauty and charm in high places is largely a byproduct of democracy; outside Britain, even royalty nowadays is generally free to choose and marry for love. Most of the reigning beauties also meet democracy's most demanding criterion of successful first-ladyship: each, in her way, embodies her country's ideal of womanhood. They are fond of outdoor life; they swim, ride horseback, play tennis or golf. They are enthusiastic and effective sponsors of charitable and cultural causes. Virtually without exception, they are chic, vivacious, quick-witted and warm. Above all, they are immense political...
...deplore "the overt sexual implications of the dance." But some German intellectuals defend the twist. It is, says one Munich psychiatrist, "a proper cure for working off frustrations." And a psychiatrist in Berlin, where the cold war takes the rap for all sorts of aberrations, sees it as a byproduct of an anxious age. ''The twist craze," says he, "can be attributed to Atomangst...
...PROFITS. "The idea that the highest morality brings the lowest profit does not necessarily apply. If we concentrate on giving the consumer what he needs at a price favorable to him, profits roll in as a byproduct...
Building Up Production. At Carter, while drawing blood from Parker to treat the hemochromatosis, physicians made use of the serum byproduct in their laboratory. This gave rise to a proposal to give him more Rh-positive blood and stimulate anti-D production. Such a course was dangerous. Second transfusions of Rh-positive blood into negative patients frequently lead to severe incompatibility reactions, and sometimes death. But only a minute amount of Rh-positive blood need be transfused-a factor that favored the attempt. They put it up to the patient. "Go ahead," said Parker, "if this is going to help...