Word: darker
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...made with such primitive methods (pressed in a century-old gadget that looked like a wafer machine) that no two capsules had the same dosage of tin salt and "vitamin F." When the tin began oxidizing, further increasing its poisonous effect, the manufacturers merely noted that the ingredients became darker, and added artificial coloring to the gelatin coating. The ironic climax of the toxicologist's testimony: a slide demonstrating how staphylococci, which can be destroyed by antibiotics, actually proliferated and prospered when treated with Stalinon...
...McCurdy is not one to dwell long on the darker side of things. "By the end of the season I think we may be stronger than last year's team," he continued.... "Everybody's working a little harder now.... We can't help but look on this as kind of a challenge." He smiled and left...
...Republic, facing a 30% to 40% cut in payments for the rest of the fiscal year, blames the new payment schedule for a layoff of nearly 2,500 workers. Lockheed is also cutting back. So are the Martin Co., North American and other major contractors. The picture is even darker for the thousands of subcontractors who sometimes do as much as 60% of the actual work on each plane. As prime contractors are forced in turn to defer payments or withdraw subcontracts, the Strategic Industries Association estimates that 500 subcontractors in Southern California alone will go under before year...
...tragedy of his life." Yet, in a sense, though Gogol could not save his own reason, he came close to saving Russia's. Hoping to uphold a dark orthodox authority, Gogol kindled flickering gleams of liberty. Those who came later established, in the name of freedom, a darker authority than Gogol could have dreamed...
...balloon rose almost vertically, swelling toward its full 2,000,000 cu. ft. as the pressure diminished. Kittinger kept reading over the radio an endless succession of instruments, stealing a glance once in a while through one of the six portholes. The sky was turning a darker blue, and Minnesota below him was fading to a featureless grey...