Word: flesh
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...celebrated in the nursery rhyme, eats aphids and other small insects?to the gardener's delight. Before the development of dyes made from coal-tar derivatives, a scale insect provided the world with red dye; other species of scale insects are still used in the manufacture of shellac. The flesh-eating larvae of the dermestid beetle are used by museums to strip clean the bones of animals so that their skeletons can be mounted for display. Ancient Egyptians venerated the scarab beetle as a symbol of immortality; among its other activities, the insect breaks up and carries away animal...
...Caril's recent hearing, there were no objections to her petition for freedom. Testified the Nebraska Center's Superintendent Jacqueline Crawford: "Whether she's guilty or innocent is irrelevant. Nebraska has got its pound of flesh." It took the board only ten minutes to reach the decision that Caril is to be released on June 20. Dressed in white, her brown hair freshly curled, she cried as she walked into the room, while the small audience applauded. Caril will settle in Clinton County, Mich., where a family has promised her assistance and a clerical job. She will...
...even in the heavily Christian Democratic south. Even some non-Communists are so moved by his charm and reasonableness that they rush to the podium to shake hands. For the good of the party, Berlinguer has conquered his distaste for applause and has even become an accomplished if reluctant flesh-presser...
...receptions and warmed to the affection of the crowds. Juan Carlos is helped immeasurably by beguiling blonde Queen Sofia, 37, who along with her royal demeanor has also shown surprising political skill. In the Catalan town of Manresa, Sofia dismissed the royal automobiles and led the King on a flesh-pressing 300-yard march up the town's main street. In Asturias, the royal couple put on miners' attire and spent 90 minutes inspecting a coal mine. Last week, in an extraordinary act for a Spanish Queen, Sofia smashed a 500-year-old tradition by attending Jewish religious...
...Flesh may be corruptible, and Author Elkin's spendthrift talent some times threatens to knock the bottom out of the word market entirely. But The Franchiser has what few novels have any more: the ability to astonish and delight and a totally conscious hero who proves that the unaudited life is not worth living...