Word: cornes
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...rouged cheeks and an anthropophagous smile; she is Sara Stimson, a cute, brown-haired, solemn-funny child. She is seven years old, and she does just fine. She and Matthau play a nice scene in his room, when she says she is hungry and he gives her some dry corn flakes in a bowl. Crunch, crunch, crunch...
...Goddam noise," says Sorrowful, and grudgingly gives her some milk. This is not really believable; nobody is that stingy, and nobody is slob enough to get corn flakes out of the box, as Matthau does, by sticking his paw in and grabbing a handful. It's just an actor doing a bit, and we are perfectly willing to watch...
There is no doubt that the Knesses make a better mousetrap. But ask a gathering of Knesses what makes it better, and you'll mostly get head scratching. Corn-belt born and bred, they are not given to long explanations. Eventually a young nephew says, "There's one unique thing that makes it special, and it would take an outsider years to figure out." Though no one is certain if a trade secret is involved, they decide not to discuss it further. Instead, a concise summary is offered: "There's mechanics there, good practical mechanics. But there...
...Everything was fine, but the Dodge was in a ditch. A patrol car came by and pulled them back to the road. You have any controlled substances, any firearms? No, said Rick. You're no fun, said the patrolman, climbing into his car and leading the way through the corn fields...
Answering the charge made by the Mobil oil corporation that the cost of producing fuel from plants is too expensive, Calvin said after his lecture that Mobil ignored the possibility of energy production from the corn stalks and cobs...