Word: cuttlefish
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Reflecting the growing interest in alternative therapies, especially for chronic ailments that mainstream medicine can't cure, more and more health specialists are urging patients to try such homeopathic remedies as ground honeybee for a sore throat, cuttlefish ink for hemorrhoids and bushmaster snake for hot flashes. An estimated 40% of chiropractors--and even some medical doctors--regularly recommend such substances. According to the National Center for Homeopathy, Americans today are spending more than $165 million a year for the preparations, and sales are rising 20% to 25% annually. Says Gilbert Weise Sr. of Jacksonville, Florida: "When I advertise that...
Finally, Time: "Genda, Fuchida and other officers joined [Admiral Yamamoto, the architect of the raid] in eating surume (dried cuttlefish) for happiness and kachiguri (walnuts) for victory...
...farewell. "Japan has faced many worthy opponents in her glorious history -- Mongols, Chinese, Russians," Yamamoto said, "but in this operation we will meet the strongest opponent of all. I expect this operation to be a success." Genda, Fuchida and other officers joined him in eating surume (dried cuttlefish) for happiness and kachiguri (walnuts) for victory. Near portable Shinto shrines, they toasted the Emperor with sake and shouted, "Banzai...