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...tested, the air in the tunnel is sent around a circuit and used repeatedly, but jet engines or ram-jets poison the air with their exhaust gases. New air must be taken from the atmosphere, and its excess moisture eliminated. So the tunnel is provided with a monstrous air dryer stocked with 1,890 tons of activated alumina, which soaks up 1.5 tons (ten bathtubs) of water per minute. On a muggy day the alumina has to be dried out after two hours, and this takes enough gas burners to keep the whole city of Berea, Ohio...
...year, Americans are learning to mix vermouth with many things. Thousands of U.S. housewives use it in place of wine in the kitchen, whip up Asparagus Vermouth. Veal in Vermouth, Chicken in Vermouth. But the U.S. pours 95% of its vermouth into cocktails, most of it into the ever-dryer martini. And the wonder to Vermouthman Tribuno is that so much gets in. There once was a time when martinis had as much vermouth as gin. But now the rage is for dry martinis with dry vermouth in miniscule proportion. The very dry (six to one), the very, very...
...jolt of 180-186-proof brandy (90-93% alcohol), fortifies the wine. The vermouth ages for months before it is blended with other vermouth and filtered. As for Vermouthman Tribuno, his formula is a conservative martini, four parts gin to one part vermouth. Says he: "I could mix it dryer, but with this ratio, I figure I'll live longer...
...line is a "gedunk" soda fountain. The gleaming galley has most of the comforts of modern living, including an electric mixer, a potato peeler, a dishwasher, and a garbage grinder that should frustrate gulls and porpoises. Elsewhere on the ship are a 15-lb. washing machine and a steam dryer and presser...
...teams will each run an hour practice tonight in order to loosen up after the nine-hour plane ride today and become accustomed to the dryer climate...