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...differs from a live one by the loss of a soul. But, says Huxley, a dead body is not the same as a living body, the chemical conditions are different: "If you substitute oil for acid in the battery of your automobile, no current will pass." The electric eel can light a lamp; less visible, but none the less real are the currents which accompany all vital activity. In the same manner, "all the activities of the world stuff are accompanied by mental as well as material happenings...
...manner, and a vast store of kinetic energy. She has one eye on the potentialities of her younger daughter, Michelle-Bridgit, 9. Of her Gloria Swanson has said: "She'll be an actress, I know. Emotional and moody. She lies and steals and her mind works like an eel...
...York City's five boroughs produced aluminum pieces by the hundred thousands. Biggest: a two-ton duralumin gate (damaged) from the Triborough Bridge. One of the smallest: an aluminum girdle, previously worn by an electric eel at the Aquarium...
...Jellied Eel Salad. Ingredients: 4-lb. eel, 2 bay leaves, 8 whole allspice, 6 cloves, 2 lemon slices, ½ tsp. salt, ¼ tsp. pepper, unflavored gelatin, horseradish sauce. Directions: skin and clean eel. Cut on bias into 1-inch lengths. Cover with cold water, heat to boiling, skim and add remaining ingredients except gelatin. Simmer until eel is tender, about 1 hour...
...ersatz coffee and bread; for lunch, soup, a hot dish, meat three days a week; for supper, open sandwiches. Last week, German fishermen were ordered to attend to business, to fish the streams and lakes leased by the Reich's Amateur Fishermen's Association with nets and eel baskets instead of with...