Word: mouthing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Luminal, developed in Germany during the last ten years, belongs to the same chemical group of drugs as chloral and veronal. Hitherto it has been regarded only as a sedative, a depressant of the nervous system, injected through the mouth or veins...
...What do you want?' He neither arose from his sprawling position, nor removed from his mouth the long black cigar that he always chewed upon...
...living. He believes in and set an example of hard work. He also believes in vacations, saying that a man who works twelve months does only eight months' work. As for getting ahead in the world, his maxim is: "Roasted pigeons don't fly into a man's mouth...
...Duke in Rigoletto at the Metropolitan Opera House, Manhattan. The baritone role was sung by De Luca. Now, De Luca is a very merry person, as are many who excel in tragic parts. His round, snub-nosed face was made for mirth, especially its wide, thin-lipped mouth, which even in repose is curved like a jocose crescent. When De Luca sings, he grimaces in such a way that his mouth carries the leer of a laughing satyr...
...revolving, waving, swinging, slugging. Wilson has heavier hammers in his hands but he could not hit the windmill on the head. For several rounds he battered Greb's body. Shifting his attack to points higher up, he lost his aim. Meanwhile the champion drew blood from ear, eye, mouth. Increasing vehemence in the closing rounds won for Greb a smartly merited decision...