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...wrote Peoploids in Hunger City seem to think they are saying something terribly meaningful, those of us who don't really know what's going on can enjoy it nonetheless. The singers have a gutsy, raw sound, especially Valerie Gilbert and the woman who calls herself--honest--Isopropyl Pavlova in the program. The band is energetic and terrific-- Noelani Rodriguez on bass, and John Arimond, Regina Arnold, and Morley Robertson on guitar. Robertson's bizarre contortions with his instrument are particularly fun to watch...

Author: By Sarah Paul, | Title: Bowie Worship | 4/23/1982 | See Source »

...ordered a series of wide-mouthed jars filled with isopropyl alcohol. When Stewart used a comb, he was to dip it into the alcohol before using it again, to "sterilize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Scenes from the Hidden Years | 12/13/1976 | See Source »

Your exposition [of a new muscle relaxant to be marketed under the name Soma-June 8] leaves me with no recourse but to admit that my life is momentarily complete. To envision N-isopropyl-2-methyl-2-propyl-1,3-propanediol dicarbamate narcotized people running around chanting Soma, delicious Soma, is to my mind just about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 22, 1959 | 6/22/1959 | See Source »

Even chemists had to give the drug a less jawbreaking name than N-isopropyl-2-methyl-2-propyl-1 ,3-propanediol dicarbamate, hit upon "carisoprodol." That was still too much for Wallace Labs' savvy marketing department: they are calling it Soma...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Brave New Soma | 6/8/1959 | See Source »

...dose of gamma globulin and a dose of polio vaccine, and disinfect the plane. The passengers were allowed to take their luggage after it had been sluiced down with alcohol. The plane's interior got a dousing with hydrogen peroxide (the entire stock of three drugstores), Lysol and isopropyl alcohol. After consulting the Public Health Service, Capital ordered the same crew to fly the plane back to Washington, promptly pressed it into service again with another crew. It hopped to Norfolk, Va., then made a milk-run flight through Washington, Cleveland and Detroit to Flint, Mich., taking 124 passengers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Wayward Virus | 6/4/1956 | See Source »

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