Word: fluids
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...lecture he emphasized the point that the question of communism versus capitalism will be fought out neither in Europe nor in America, but in "the fluid East, our greatest potential market." He went on to discuss the economic contrast between the United States and the European nations, describing it as a contrast in standards of living, in which the higher standards set in America make for greater economic soundness...
Pressing Business. This is a Jewish-Irish show with the scene laid in a dry-cleaning establishment owned by two Hebrews. The people address each other in loud low-comedy style. They spray cleaning fluid at one another, punctuate much of their conversation with a vulgar oral noise known variously as "the bird," "the Bronx cheer," "the Chinese kiss...
Fortunately, the House Plan is still developing, is still in a fluid state. The lessons that have been learned by the first two houses will be turned to the benefit of the ones now under construction. The lesson of the high table should be obvious...
Dialog and action of Torch Song, refreshingly real, are reminiscent of the more serious works of Ring Lardner. The remarks of Actor Guy Kibbee, in the character of the dyspeptic undertaker supply salesman, should be long remembered. Sample: "All I've sold this week is two gallons of fluid and a grave lining. They bury them in their shirts around here...
...trust the manufacturers' probity. The ergot extractors to whom he released substandard crude ergot were trustworthy. All the ergot extract which left the manufacturers was legally pure and obstetrically safe; but practically every extract of vegetable origin quickly deteriorates. Manufacturing druggists now date every bottle of their fluid extracts of ergot; retail druggists may not legally sell such extract after one year's possession; doctors knowingly would...