Word: gush
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...open a bitter dispute of long standing between physicians and surgeons. Ulcers of the stomach, most doctors believe, are caused by too much acid in the digestive juices. Too much acid corrodes the stomach lining at sensitive points, leaving a raw wound. But why some people have a constant gush of acid, instead of a gentle trickle at mealtime, is a mystery to doctors. Certain it is that tobacco and alcohol do a delicate stomach no good. Many authorities hold that ulcers are the fruits of temperament, for only worrying, sensitive, high-strung people are affected. Chief choice that confronts...
...Venezuela's political future seemed bright, the dark state of the world shadowed the nation's remarkable financial status. The basis of its prosperity has been the fact that since oil began to gush there in 1912 it has become the world's third greatest producer (No. 1 the U. S., No. 2 Russia). Other potentially big resources, such as gold, diamonds, iron have never had much attention. Venezuela pays for its imports mostly with oil royalties, import duties, wages, taxes. Before World War II, about 60% of its oil went to Europe. But today Venezuela sees...
...Westlake School for Girls, a private country day school for daughters of polite Los Angeles families. There she has made her first real acquaintance with her own generation. Friends already observe subtle changes in her personality. She wears long dresses to formal school dances and tolerates women who gush: "Shirley, I hope my daughter grows up to be just like...
...fray, but the nearest bullet was found on the floor four feet from the corpse. Some unknown missile had penetrated the breastbone and windpipe, grazed the esophagus, pierced the large artery (aorta) leading from the heart. Result: "massive, bursting hemorrhages of every blood vessel [in the chest], a great gush of blood from the mouth." Waddie was sure the bullet had done the damage, but attorneys for the suspect in the case insisted that the victim must have been stabbed with a dagger by someone else. Waddie studied the scene, then rigged up a chain of rubber tubes of graduated...