Word: cushion
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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British scientists at last week's meeting also heard that a few of their colleagues had all but solved one of the biggest problems in artificial insemination: the preservation of sperm over long periods. Frozen in a solution of glycerin (which acts as a cushion, preventing ice crystals from destroying cell life), spermatozoa from rabbits and poultry have already been preserved for as long as 33 days. "We have ... to contemplate," said Dr. A. S. Parkes of London's National Institute for Medical Research, "the possibility of an animal begetting progeny long after its death . . . We have also...
...barge that newsmen aboard could count the stitches on his lifebelt. Then, 300 yards past the barge, Quicksilver began the turn. Suddenly the big hydroplane flipped over, vanished in a geyser of white spray. When the mist settled, only flotsam remained-a few splinters of grey plywood, a seat cushion, one shoe with a sock still inside...
...hard-to-please Milanese liked Albanese fine, but they went away from her opening night still grumbling a bit that she didn't sing loud enough. In her second performance, Albanese took the hint, turned up the volume. To help, she parked the three-year-old on a cushion, center stage, instead of holding him in her arms. Milan was overjoyed...
...theoretical title) of Austria, King of Hungary, Bohemia and Jerusalem, Margrave of Moravia, Grand Voivode of Serbia, Duke of Lorraine and Auschwitz, Lord of Trieste, etc., etc. On the pretender's shoulders lay the jewel-studded collar of the Golden Fleece, symbol of Habsburg knighthood. Inside the cushion before him was scattered a handful of Austrian earth -all he had left of the land from which his house had been banished...
...Crimson clinched the game and gave Ward an unnecessary four run cushion in the first inning, against the first of three M.I.T. pitchers. Ed Foynes led off by beating out a hit deep to short, and Ralph Robinson followed with a single to center. Johnny White sacrificed and Bennie Akillian walked to fill the bases...