Word: frowns
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...just as many strange requests every day-it certainly is rewarding. I only wish we could do more for them. Of course, we can always recommend pediatricians, and reasonable places to shop, but we can't pay the bills." The phone rang once more, and a worried frown crossed her face, "Sorry we couldn't have more time together, but do come in if you ever need...
...Stinks' "), or merely stretching a chum out on a medieval rack. On nature walks, she likes to collect poisonous mushrooms ("Chuck those out-they're harmless"), would hardly ever go boating without making at least one lowerclassman walk the plank. Faced with a faculty frown ("Hand up the girl who burnt down the East Wing last night"), she can look angelic; but occasionally she must pay for her crimes by writing lines ("I must not smoke cigars during prayers. I must not smoke cigars during...
Beagle, by the way, kicked with his shoe on, although publicity reports say that he is better barefooted and wears a zippered shoe for quick changes. Perhaps he figured that Boston might frown upon that which is acceptable in the New Hampshire wilderness, or else that Culolias might step on his exposed foot in the name of propriety...
...report on the use of phenylbutazone in the treatment of gout and gouty arthritis by Dr. William C. Kuzell of the Stanford University School of Medicine: major improvement or complete relief in 168 cases out of 200. Bad side effects, which have proved so serious that many U.S. doctors frown on phenylbutazone, were noted in 52 cases, but of these, 38 were cases in which it was possible to continue the treatment successfully, because the degree of toxicity was so small. The consensus of the Geneva experts: everybody should have a better idea of the drug's value...
...argument at vital points, the blame appears to lie both with the university and the student "intellectual coterie." If the author considered all possible results of his conclusion (that the university stamp a common belief in the nature of ethical principles on the student) he might hesitate and frown a little more...