Word: eggs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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There is a chicken-and-egg argument as to what the root cause of the trouble is. Some doctors believe that it lies in the mucous glands, which secrete an unusually thick, viscid mucus. This clogs the lung airways and also blocks the tiny ducts in the pancreas, so that its enzymes (notably trypsin) do not get through to the digestive tract. Others think the pancreas itself is at fault, and that its failure to produce enough enzymes causes both the intestinal trouble and the stickiness of the mucus...
...goose that lays the golden egg," said Treasury Secretary George Humphrey, "is production. If you haven't got a payroll, you haven't got consumers." On that thesis, the Eisenhower Administration has drafted its tax program. In the process, it has also drawn a clear line of definition between its economic policies and those in force over the past 20 years...
...Garters (Paramount) is probably the first musical in history in which the music can hardly be heard because the Technicolor is so loud. The first scene is all yellow-egg yellow; the sky is yellow and the earth is yellow. Apparently the studio is trying to get across the point that it is a clear...
Berlin-born Karl Zerbe, who dislikes oils, has painted with egg yolk, casein, fig milk, wax soap, Duco auto enamel and hot beeswax. His wax technique-a revival of the ancient encaustic method in which colors are mixed with hot wax and afterwards cooked into the canvas-brought him critical acclaim. But in 1949, things began to go wrong. Zerbe started suffering from asthma, found that he was allergic to beeswax...
...laster until, after repeated requests by Pottinger and the successive directors, the Corporation voted to split the Press from the Printing office, and let it continue with policies set over the years of its association with the Press, except for the abolition of Murdock's ten per cent nest-egg that had, with generally lowered prices, driven the Printing Office fee to the commercial level and sometimes beyond...