Word: cadaverous
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"The major opus of the disc is the Cadaver Quartet," which is firmly in tradition of the metaphysical rock. basic problem is that of a teener couple separated by the untimely death of one of its members. In the "Cadaver Quartet" the girl dies of carbon monoxide fumes while making...
The incident is revolting and revealing. The writer, frightened by the presence of death, snatches at sex for reassurance. But a man who cannot die cannot live: the writer is a moral cadaver. Since he cannot face his condition, his wife has to face it for him. On the way...
A Biography of Rome. He worked with such devouring diligence that sometimes his wife and children would go without supper rather than disturb him. Day after day for 25 years, he would hunt down ruins, and, as his biographer, A. Hyatt Mayor, has written, he would go at them "like...
¶ "What will be done," asked scientists of Aerojet-General Corp., "with the body of a man who dies on a space voyage?" Answering their own question, they pointed out that "there will be no 'ground' in which to bury the man. The coldest scientific efficiency would be...
A few strict rules must be followed in using cadaver blood. It must be drawn within six hours after death from a subject with no known infectious disease, and a complete autopsy must be done. When these conditions are met, say the Pontiac doctors in Clinical Pathology, "we know it...