Word: knifes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Wilson is capable of hypnotically poignant cameos. A slim young black mother, dressed wholly in black except for narrow white cuffs at her wrists, wakes one of her nightgowned small children, pours and serves a glass of milk, then slays the child ritually with a glittering silver knife. She wakes the other child and repeats the action. Then she grieves for both with the same grave serenity with which she has killed them...
...science part of medicine remains largely hit or miss. One doctor will pre scribe twice as much of a potent antibiotic as another, or prescribe a needlessly dangerous drug. One surgeon will hurry to operate, while another will say, "This child will outgrow the problem," and spare the knife...
...more than thirteen times as much as in the 1930s. Contrary to much pop sociology, a proliferation of frivolous power gadgets is not to blame. An electric toothbrush uses only 0.5 kwh. of electricity per year, about a penny's worth. A carving knife costs about 18? per year, or 8 kw-h., a garbage disposer about 69?, or 30 kwh. per year. Because they are expressly engineered for specific functions, the new electric griddles, fry pans, toasters and coffeemakers are more efficient and economical than a standard gas or electric stove...
Allen, who received knife wounds to the neck, face and abdomen, did not appear in court to give his account of the incident. After being discharged from the Cambridge Hospital, police discovered that warrants had been issued for his arrest for parole violations, Officer John Kosinski, who made the arrests, said yesterday...
...that point, Hull said he rushed down the street barefoot with his hunting knife. At his approach, Hull said that the two assailants told him, "He ripped us off," pointing to Allen, who was staggering to his feet...