Word: lice
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...succeed in adding another example to the myriads afforded by the history of science of the general truth expressed so admirably by my former master. Hans Zinsser." And then he went on to quote the colorful professor at the Medical School who wrote in the 1920's "Rats, Lice and History...
...mother with her flock of chickens,'' he recalls, "caring for setting hens, making coops from store boxes for the cluck and her little brood when the chicks were hatched, seeing that they were fed and watered and that their heads were greased to kill the head lice when they appeared. At times, I assisted my mother in her efforts to remove tapeworms from their throats by the use of a hair from the tail of a horse. I might add that this last effort was not always successful. Occasionally, the patient died...
...whiles hee sits pyght and pritty on a woodan tubbe ycovred in hors hyde, and doth preetende to make the onslaught-slishe! slashe!-a-straking o' the air on's Sworde, and a-brasting of's cheekes wi' greate shoutes wold fright, I trow, the Lice offe Launcelot...
...there has never been such a run on flowing robes, phylacteries and false beards as there is in the studios just now. Prop men from Paramount are scouring Egypt for frogs to make a likely plague (Exodus 8:31, for non-biting insects to substitute for lice (Exodus 8:16), and they are making the necessary preparations to turn the Nile to blood (Exodus 7:19)-all for The Ten Commandments. In Hollywood Columbia executives are busy scanning six weeks' worth of background shots (using 17,500 Egyptian extras) for Joseph and His Brethren, and laying plans to follow...
...nits and lice" also came in for attention. By redesigning a foot-powder can, the Army cut unit costs from 16? to a nickel for a total saving of $275,000. Wilson and Kyes found that the military carried in inventory no fewer than 5,000 different types of electronic tubes and 800 categories of screw drivers; on their orders, tube types were cut to 192, and screw drivers...