Word: melting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...engine; his appliances draw too much juice to allow for quiet nights lying at anchor in secluded coves. If the new yachtsman wants to go for a cruise, he must plot his course from one electrical outlet to another, lest his TV dinners defrost, his ice cubes melt, and his electrical toilet break down...
When Foreman Melt Williams announced the verdict after two hours' deliberation, four white spectators distinctly heard him say, "Guilty." But the courtroom was noisy, and Judge Harold Smith apparently did not hear. He requested a written verdict. Someone had handed Williams a slip of paper, he had signed it, and it was brought to the clerk. It said: "Innocent...
Barely perceptibly, women's under wear began a year ago to melt into skin air. Girdles crept up the leg, and bras got briefer. The body stocking came along, and the traditional white and pink colors were superseded by a flesh color that matched the owner's own. Short of eliminating itself entirely, the industry seemed to have nowhere left...
...same wisdom leads Catton to a singularly gentle conclusion about the war's finish and about those who lost. Lee might have commanded his men to melt into the hills, there to wage an endless guerrilla warfare that, in Catton's opinion, could have "ruined America forever." One of Lee's officers proposed this course, but Lee rejected it. Lincoln might have imposed vengeful terms on the defeated South...
...past four years. And the future looks equally frosty. In an effort to cut costs, Good Humor, which enjoys by far the largest slice of the mobile ice cream pie, has stopped dispensing napkins with its novelties. And letting droopsicles drip all over party dresses will hardly melt the opposition...