Word: leaching
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...prosperity or plague. These magic men were precious possessions, to be carefully guarded against contamination or capture. Sometimes they were incarcerated in darkness to keep them from the influence of the sun and moon, sometimes they were prevented from even touching the ground for fear that the earth might leach out their power. If the magic did fail-when the crops were poor or the hunting bad or the enemy prevailed-then it was time to get rid of the old king...
Forrest P. Chisman, of Mont Alto, Pa. (Government); Richard W. Franke, of Kansas City, Mo. (Anthropology); Donald E. Graham, of Washington, D.C. (History and Literature); Roger E. Howe. of Ithaca, N.Y. (Mathematics); Wilbur R. Knorr Jr., of West Islip, N.Y. (History and Science); Eugene E. Leach, of Silver Spring, Md. (History); Richard I. Rabinowitz, of Brooklyn, N.Y. (History and Literature); Peter B. Shalen, of New York City (Mathematics), and W. Frank White, of Canton, Miss. (Social Studies...
...exacerbating peptic ulcers, of giving users a fattened "moon" face, and growing mustaches on women. Colonel Moser emphasized two severe unpleasant side effects that may go undetected. Given to victims of leukemia or Hodgkin's disease, he said, these hormones predispose the patients to fungus infections, and they leach the calcium out of the bones of the bedridden elderly...
Frankfurter chose as clerks for Holmes: Mark DeWolfe Howe '28, professor of Law; W. Barton Leach '21, Story Professor of Law; and Arthur E. Sutherland, Bussey Professor of Law. Brandeis's clerks were: Paul A. Freund, Carl M. Loeb University Professor; Henry M. Hart Jr. '26, Dane professor of Law; W. Barton Leach '21, Byrne Professor of Administrative Law. One professor in the College, David Reisman '31, Henry Ford II Professor of Social Sciences, was also chosen by Frankfurter as a Brandeis clerk...
...actors, all of whom were in the off Broadway production, are excellent. There is almost no plot: the film is carried through by the characters the actors create. All are distinct, interesting personalities, warped or beaten or hardened by their addiction: Leach (Warren Finnerty), terrified, somewhat effeminate, tormented by a boil on his neck; Ernie (Garry Goodrow), young, hypersensitive, a frustrated musician who toots pathetically on a mouthpiece because his saxophone is in hock; Solly (Jerome Raphael), crudite, witty, said and wise; and Sam (James Anderson), simple, naive, and humane...