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James C. Howard, Oxfam's technical officer disaster specialist, said "Unless we act now, we see the possible extinction of Cambodia before Christmas. The population will die and simply melt into the ground. It's as simple as that...
When the X-ray machine was introduced in 1896, it was as if Hamlet's desire that "this too too solid flesh would melt" had become eerie reality. Public and physicians alike went wild. Gentlemen bought X-ray photographs of objects concealed in boxes, and fashionable ladies had X-ray portraits taken of themselves as gifts for friends and lovers. But it was physicians who were most intoxicated with the new device's possibilities. Without manual probing, they could now evaluate the extent of bone fractures and precisely locate where foreign bodies were lodged in tissues...
...suffer grievously these days because political party loyalty has declined, beliefs bend with the wind, leaders cannot lead. Majorities melt away. Being in office becomes the only objective. Fortunately, there is still some pure political sentiment around these premises, struggling for its life. Last week, with Teddy attacking Jimmy and Jimmy attacking Teddy and Jerry attacking Jimmy and George attacking the attackers, it seemed like old times. The language was enriched. "Fig leaf," said Kennedy. "Baloney," said Carter. "Botched the job," charged Ford. "Reckless . . . failure," roared Bush. There is room for rhetorical improvement, but at least there is some passion...
...salmon battling upstream each spring to spawn. Indeed, biologists say that there has already been a drop-off in the number of fish in streams intersecting the Haul Road. Gravel and dust can be another problem. Tossed onto the permafrost by car wheels, they cause the snow to melt early in the spring. Waterfowl then nest prematurely in these moist spots and lose their young to frost...
...single new vegetable stirred such horti-culinary hyperbole as a rogue one-chance-in-a-million mutant developed over years by the Gallatin Valley Seed Co. of Twin Falls, Idaho. It is called the Sugar Snap pea. Somewhat like a snow pea, but with plump, juicy kernels and melt-in-the-mouth pods, it also has some of the characteristics of a snap green bean and should be eaten pod and all. The Burpee catalogue, which gives it cover-sweetie treatment, calls it "truly fantastic." The authoritative magazine of the venerable Massachusetts Horticultural Society joins the seed industry in hailing...