Word: milked
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...return date set. Roxanna wondered, blushing even at the thought, if Felicity was trying to relive her honeymoon in Florence. Certainly the Viscount and the Viscountess shared the same bed every night. Yet their room seemed oddly quiet, and when Roxanna brought Felicity her evening glass of warm milk, she thought the Viscountess lay next to her husband as if she was lying beside him in a tomb. Roxanna knew she should not have these thoughts, just as she knew she must keep her gaze downcast each evening as she slipped quietly in and out of the Viscountess?...
...China's latest food-safety scandal continued to widen Sep. 18, hundreds of anxious parents lined up at Beijing's Children's Hospital to have their babies examined for possible kidney stones caused by toxic milk powder. It was the second day since the government ordered free checkups and treatments for sick babies, and over 500 parents had rushed to the hospital by 11 a.m. Thursday morning - so many that those who arrived at noon had no choice but to go home...
...worried mother, Mo Jingfang, said that her 14-month-old daughter had been drinking Yashili milk powder for most of her life. Yashili is one of 22 brands that have been found contaminated with melamine, a compound commonly used in plastics. Mo said her daughter had not yet shown any symptoms of illness. But other parents in line at the hospital complained that their children had discolored urine and were sweating excessively - possible symptoms of kidney dysfunction. Zhu Yongguo, who waited in line before being sent home because the hospital was overwhelmed, said his 12-month-old daughter has been...
...toxic milk scandal, which state-run news agency Xinhua said has already been linked to the death of four babies and the illness of 6,200 others, has aroused anger and despair in Chinese cyberspace. And that anger has been directed not just at the producers accused of adulterating their milk to increase profits, but also at government regulators. "Xinhua was quick to blame the dairy industry for their skewed rules, but what it didn't say was that the government also played a part in that ugly game," wrote a blogger identified as sadmoon109. Outraged citizens have noted that...
...China Tainted Baby-Food Shock In a widening scandal, at least three babies have died and more than 6,200 have become sick after consuming milk contaminated with the nonfood substance melamine. Beijing is investigating at least 22 companies that packaged tainted milk and yogurt sold in mainland China and Hong Kong. Melamine, a plastic compound that shows up as protein in some food tests, has been used by certain manufacturers in China to make their products appear more nutritious. In 2007, thousands of pets in the U.S. died after eating pet food contaminated with Chinese melamine...