Word: draining
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Dung & Skull Juice. "To drain off his blood they put cupping glasses to his shoulders, scarified his flesh and tapped his veins. Then they cut off his hair and laid blisters on the scalp, and on the soles of his feet they applied plasters of pitch and pigeon dung. To remove the humors from his brain they blew hellebores up his nostrils and set him sneezing. To make him sick they poured antimony and sulphate of zinc down his throat. To clear his bowels they gave him strong purgatives and a brisk succession of clysters. To allay his convulsions they...
...gourmet's table, even for the American Trucking Associations, he delighted in explaining to slightly befuddled clients that turtle soup was a better first course than melon prosciutto for the simple reason that melon prosciutto was undignified. Such was his deftness in pushing wines that Waldorf guests annually drain 11,700 gallons of supreme French vintages...
...worded debate, Labor's educational moderates, among them onetime Minister of National Insurance Jim Griffiths, pointed out the obvious: to close the privately supported schools would be vindictive foolishness, and to socialize them would merely place a huge additional drain on already skimpy government educational funds...
...charge. The impression took root; by last week Nevadans had decided they did not like Cord. Underdog Sawyer, 39, handily (20,168-13,345) whipped Cordman Dickerson in the primary, is expected to give Republican Governor Charles Russell, running for reelection, a hard time in November. Down the drain with Loser Dickerson went not only E.L.'s $75,000 but also his chances of running Nevada...
Partner Paul Mazur argued that Thornton was just another eggheaded visionary, said that any loan to him would go down the drain. But other Lehman partners, impressed by Thornton's job at Hughes, raised $1,500,000 in an unusual financing deal. Each investor was required to buy at least $29,200 in bonds and stocks. Each $29,200 package is now worth $522,760, and Mazur happily admits: "I was wrong. Thornton delivered far better than he talked...