Word: liquid
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...well is ever brought to the surface by present methods-primarily, letting it gush out under its own pressure. The remaining two-thirds is usually written off as "unrecoverable." Sophisticated secondary and tertiary recovery methods exist to get that oil out: injecting high-pressure steam or liquid chemical solvents to dissolve the crude from tiny fissures in the rock. Some drilling experts calculate that the recovery rate could be increased to 60%, which would almost double U.S. recoverable reserves. The market price would be high-$14 to $20 per bbl.-but it might be reduced by technological breakthroughs...
...addition to his tranquilizer habit, Hughes injected himself with a mysterious clear liquid that knocked him out so violently that the syringe was often left dangling in his arm. According to Personal Aide Howard Eckersley, the liquid was a codeine solution. Hughes, who called the drugs "my goodies," would toss a codeine tablet into a water-filled hypodermic and shake the syringe until the pill melted. Then he would give himself a shot; if he could find a vein in his wizened body, he would mainline the injection...
...vaguely like a human body, has been touted in Asia as an aphrodisiac, an aid to long life and a cure for everything from cancer to baldness. A small but growing number of Americans buy it in drug and health-food stores in the form of a gooey black liquid, tablets, tea and even ginseng soap. Almost all finished ginseng products sold here are imported from South Korea and other Asian countries that process the roots-but a good share of the roots themselves comes from...
This recipe is foolproof. You can use various types of shortening-chicken fat, bacon grease or anything handy. If you have some very valuable coffee left over, this can serve as part of the liquid. Or fruit juices. Or if you want to add a little rum, I have no objections...
...some of us the change in seasons is signalled more subtly. Vodka-bitter lemons give way to gin-and-tonics; club soda is replaced by quinine water. Below is a highly arbitrary listing of some local establishments specializing in liquid cuisine...