Word: citrus
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...passing over, residents were amazed to hear birds singing). Hundreds of beach cabanas were blown away, and many a majestic palm was blown down along Palm Beach's famed millionaires' row and at Miami's Hialeah race track. In the 'Glades farmland, citrus, ramie, bean and tomato crops were badly whipped...
...shook before the Marshall oratory, southern Florida was stirred up too--in the face of winds as high as 120 miles per hour called the "heaviest hurricane of a decade," which swept westward devastating a wide belt of citrus groves and vegetable farms...
...British Naval Surgeon James Lind (1716-94) wondered enviously why sauerkraut-eating Dutch sailors got less scurvy than his tars on long voyages. He guessed right, recommended citrus fruits to supply what science years later called vitamin C. In 1795, Earl Spencer, First Lord of the Admiralty, ordered lemons or limes included in the daily diet on British ships. Soon British sailors and then the whole British people became known as "limeys." "Limey" bears no etymological relation to "Blimey," or to Limehouse, a London dock district named for an old lime kiln, or oast...
...both highly acid, do indeed soften tooth enamel. (Orange juice, less acid, seems to be safe.) But acid is not the only villain. The real damage is done by brushing acid-softened teeth with a stiff brush or gritty dentifrices. If not followed by too vigorous brushing, drinking diluted citrus juices once a day is perfectly all right, says Ziskin...
...Aviv, underground terrorists, from a nearby rooftop, machine-gunned and grenaded Citrus House, British Military Headquarters. Casualties: one British soldier, one Arab, one Jewish girl canteen worker, and a Jewish passerby, all injured...