Word: liquidly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Soon, France's Baltic garrisons were aquake with jitters, and the neutrals were agape with admiration. Influential Russian Countess Canerine, whose "dark and liquid eyes" burned with "consuming fire," decided that Hornblower's manly chest was the place for her "bosom white as snow." Prussian Strategist von Clausewitz deserted from Napoleon's Prussian army, and learned, from Hornblower, what strategy really meant. Sweden joined the Allies. Tsar Alexander was so encouraged that he sent Napoleon a rude letter - which, of course, resulted in the march on Moscow...
...senior class can be justly proud of its much-postponed affair. Combining a little music, more laughs, much liquid, and a spot of more or less extra-curricular entertainment in the form of a quartet, two vocalists, and a few words from "the Moose," those who attended walked away contented...
These and the other references to acetate are undoubtedly errors, since this term as commonly used refers to cellulose acetate, widely employed in making cellulosic thermoplastics and textiles. Apparently acetone, a highly inflammable liquid, large quantities of which are made in Germany, was used by the heinous SS guards, rather than acetate...
...John B. Pierce Foundation (housing research): a system called "liquid heat" which combines in one unit all the heat and power needed for house heating, cooking, refrigeration and lighting. The system, regarded by engineers as one of the most exciting heating discoveries in years, uses, instead of water or steam, a chemical solution called tetra-cresyl silicate, which can be heated to 817° Fahrenheit. The Foundation hopefully believes that its concentrated, economical liquid heat may save 48% of the present cost of house utilities...
...hamster is slightly smaller than a guinea pig and looks like a toy bear. It eats practically anything: carrots, cabbage, lettuce, peanuts, dog chow, calf meal. It drinks no water, getting all the liquid it needs from leafy vegetables. At mealtimes, it stows all its food in huge pouches in its cheeks; later it empties the pouches and chews at leisure. Its only defects as a laboratory animal: it likes to fight other hamsters, and a hamster, if disturbed during a delivery, may eat her young...