Word: goudae
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...European Community, Gonzalez has opened large new markets for Spain's companies. One unfortunate side effect -- for the U.S., at least -- is that E.C. rules require Spain to boost its tariffs on American grain. The U.S. has threatened to slap a 200% punitive tariff on such European products as Gouda cheese...
January 7. Today was a productive one for Shulamith and me. Working around the clock, we induced strangulation in a mouse. This was accomplished by coaxing the rodent to ingest healthy portions of Gouda cheese and then making it laugh. Predictably, the food went down the wrong pipe, and choking occurred. Grasping the mouse firmly by the tail, I snapped it like a small whip, and the morsel of cheese came loose. Shulamith and I made voluminous notes on the experiment. If we can transfer the tailsnap procedure to humans, we may have something. Too early to tell...