Word: dosing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...some more subtle definitions. It was first-degree murder if connected with robbery, burglary, rape, sex offenses, the death of a policeman or prison guard, the use of explosives. Repeated use of a slow poison, such as arsenic, would be a capital offense; but a single, lethal dose of prussic acid would be only second-degree murder...
Dupré spun and thundered six preludes and fugues of Bach-a heavy dose even for the hardiest. But before his program was over, small groups had tiptoed up to the chancel to watch his hands fly over the four manuals (keyboards), and his patent-leather pumps dance over the pedals. Said one watcher: "The guy should have been a ballet dancer...
...Paul C. Aebersold of Oak Ridge and Dr. Joseph G. Hamilton of the University of California tried to be reassuring, too. There is no reason to worry about atomic bombs making men & women sterile, they said: a dose that would sterilize would be enough to kill. Anyhow, most damage from atomic bombs comes not from some mysterious ray but from ordinary blast (like high-explosive bombs) and burns (like fire-bombs). An enemy would probably blast and burn, rather than make whole cities radioactive. It would be "inconvenient" to evacuate parts of cities, but Geiger countermen would be around...
...than quinine or atabrine, and much less toxic; 2) pentaquine, which has reduced the relapse rate in the vivax form of malaria from 98% to 25%; 3) iso-pentaquine, a variant of pentaquine, so far tried on only 100 cases; 4) Paludrine, which controls vivax malaria with a single dose...
...Harvard Savoyard Society, an unofficial, rapidly growing local organization (of which I am present sole member) has unanimously voted publicly to express its tremendous appreciation of WHRV for broadcasting the Gilbert & Sullivan Orgy on Sunday thus bringing a large dose of culture to the masses. However, we also have the unpleasant task of informing the announcer who constantly referred to the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company as the "DuhOily Carte Opera Company," that by vote of the Society, he has been placed on The List. May he never be missed. Solemnly, The Harvard Savoyard Society, per Stephen O. Saxe...