Word: icebox
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...single pint or two of blood that has been kept chilled to 40° F. to keep its red cells from deteriorating might do no harm. And it is usually out of the icebox long enough to warm up a little before surgery. The body can handle the difference in temperature when the volume of the transfusion is not too large. But if a surgery patient needs several pints, the shock of the frigid flood fresh from the blood bank may kill...
Horowitz's "A La Tarde Tourmalina" is a genuinely enjoyable story. The ending is a bit abrupt--an apparent icebox devours the narrator--and there isn't exactly a plot, but several incidents and patches of conversation are quite amusing. Two of the characters--a handsome, passionless perfectionist and his beautiful, passionless mistress--seem rather familiar, but the other two are engaging. The writing is generally vigorous, at times excellent...
GENERAL ELECTRIC sends the audience around the show in a revolving auditorium. Disney-made dummies extol progress (appliances division) in vignettes showing American home life in 20-year intervals from the turn of the century. Somehow the coziness of icebox and coalstove days seems more appealing than the cool splendors of the modern home filled with the latest conveniences...
...series of stages showing American home life (appliance division) at 20-year intervals from the turn of the century to the present day. Moving, talking, life-size Disney dummies inhabit the sets, which unintentionally plug nonprogress by going from a scene that recalls the cozy charms of the icebox, coal stove, gaslight era to one that spells out only the cool convenience of a modern electric home...
...revolve around a series of stages showing American home life (appliance division) at 20-year intervals from the turn of the century to the present. Moving, talking, life-size dummies inhabit the sets, which unintentionally plug nonprogress by going from a scene that recalls the cozy charms of the icebox, wood stove, gaslight era to one that all too plainly spells out the sterile joys and chilly conveniences of a modern electric home that has little taste and no charm...