Word: chocks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...lives in a world that is chock-full of things likely to cause allergies, says Swartz. He cannot escape them from the time he gets up in the morning until he goes to bed at night. Going to bed is no escape, either: fresh-laundered sheets may have bits of cornstarch sticking to them; the bedroom chair may have been put together with fish glue. If a man drinks gin, he may suffer an allergy as well as a hangover. Not counting the olive in a Martini, Dr. Swartz lists some of the possible ingredients of gin that may cause...
...months, gardeners had been nursing thousands of plants, arranged in West Princes Street Gardens, to spell out in brilliant flowers the names of Chopin, Mozart and Beethoven. On flag-festooned streets, shops were chock-full of tartans and souvenirs. And Edinburgh's crammed hotels had wangled enough extra rations of Scotch for more than a wee drap o' that for everyone...
...plantation bought for him by the Venezuelan government, Steinmetz had raised soybeans, crossbred them. Finally he had a black soybean. He named it Santa Maria. Slightly smaller and softer than the common bean, it has none of the bitter aftertaste of the ordinary soybean. More important, it is chock full of proteins and contains all the known vitamins except C. One kilo is equal in protein to six dozen eggs or twelve pints of milk, items always scarce in the Latin American diet. It is also cheaper than the regular bean: 1.50 bolivars per kilo (45?) instead of 2.50 bolivars...
...Despite rising prices and chilly weather, New Orleans boasted of the largest, gayest Mardi Gras since its beginning in 1827. Forty-three balls were scheduled. Thirteen parades tootled through flag-festooned streets. As far away as Biloxi, Miss, hotels were chock full, and private rooms in town were bringing...
...North Atlantic is chock-full of weather and crisscrossed by weather-sensitive airplanes, but islands for weathermen to perch on are few and far between. Last week, in London, the PICAO (Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization) decided to station 13 weather ships at places where islands ought to be. During the war, the U.S. and Britain kept 20 weather ships in operation. Now these have dwindled to four...