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Word: moistening (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...companions in the chamber for four days, enough water, when rationed from a tiny aspirin bottle, to last almost as long. Said one survivor proudly: "No man took more than his share." Toward the last they gathered their own urine in tin cups, sipped it and used it to moisten their lips in the miner's standard survival procedure. Next evening Prince Philip, returning home from a visit to Canada, stopped at Springhill's hospital, and went from bed to bed with words of encouragement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Miracle in the Mine | 11/10/1958 | See Source »

...Recipe: Pare and core two baking apples and slice into eight wedges each. Sift 1½ cups of flour with 1 tsp. salt, cut in ½ cup shortening. Moisten with 4 or 5 tbs. of cold water. Roll out into 16-in. by 10-in. rectangle and cut into 16 10-in. by 1-in. strips. Wrap one strip around each apple slice. Arrange, without touching sides, in 13-in. by 9-in. by 2-in. baking pan. Brush with ⅓ cup melted butter; sprinkle with ½ cup sugar mixed with 1 tsp. cinnamon. Pour ½ cup of water over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROMOTION: The $25,000 Dumpling | 10/6/1958 | See Source »

...baking dish, place a layer of rolled cracker crumbs, moisten well with a medium cream sauce. Add a layer of grated American cheese, a layer of grated pimentos and a layer of grated hard-boiled eggs. Repeat layers, top with buttered crumbs. Bake until pudding is heated thoroughly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Spirit of '52 | 5/3/1954 | See Source »

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