Word: liquidation
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Flickering Flare. It began again one evening last week on the New Haven Railroad's 5:07, which left Manhattan's Grand Central Station and headed out for suburban Westchester and Connecticut. The commuters had settled down with their newspapers, homework, bridge games and liquid nourishment...
Last week, in celebration of his great fortune, Akumu threw a little blast for 40 friends. He broke out the best in the house-a brand-new keg of uncut methyl alcohol, a volatile liquid most often used for boosting aircraft takeoffs. When the party was over, ten of the revelers were permanently blinded. Eight others, including Akumu Onyiego, were dead...
...unpardonable impropriety of trying to lure him away from the ambassador was as shocking as serving a sweet white wine with pink filet mignon. From London the cables buzzed with a story that Letitia Baldrige, Jackie's social secretary, had telephoned Bui one midnight last week and, in liquid French, offered him a substantial raise in pay to come to Washington and cook for the President. After 24 hours of thinking it over, said Bui, he had declined the offer...
...will surely prove to be extremely violent: its field of 100,000 gauss will exert a force of six tons per sq. in. at the end of the coil. Another difficulty is that the coil will have to be kept near absolute zero, presumably by bathing it in liquid helium, whose high volatility makes it a nightmare to handle...
...carefully air-conditioned, and she gets ultraviolet light treatments. But sunshine? Never. Twice a day Sister exercises in an "outdoor" run -shingle-roofed, walled with Plexiglas and floored with specially selected gravel. Only when she is being prepared for show is Sister permitted the luxury of a bath-in liquid Lux detergent. Scratching is forbidden: it might damage her coat. Panting is frowned upon: it might destroy her air of "distinction and dignity...