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Next year what Dr. Fleming knew about the mold's bacteria-baiting by-product appeared in the British Journal of Experimental Pathology. He had found out that the mold was some kind of Penicillium (from the Latin for pencil-the shape of the magnified mold). He named its byproduct penicillin...
...European-invented "repeating or everlasting match" - a pencil-size gadget that ignites on scratching, can be blown out and relit up to 140 times in a row - was suppressed. Diamond was glad to help keep it off the market because, as Justice quotes from Diamond files, it: 1) was "a distinct danger to the American match industry"; 2) "would be a fertile field for the rottenest kind of competition...
...Boolba the artist. For reasons of a dietary nature (one must eat), the former eclipsed the latter--but only superficially. The "fire" still burns within, and with a little pursuasive fanning, one can readily be treated to a wisp of artistic smoke in the form of an original poem, pencil sketch, oil painting, and on occasion, a stage...
...Kelly, Pittsburgh widow, has a son in Italy: Technical Sergeant Charles E. ("Commando") Kelly, 23, the "one-man blitz" who received the Congressional Medal of Honor for mowing down some 40 Nazis. In Pittsburgh, Mrs. Kelly has two sons-Howard, 16, Danny, 11. Last week Son Howard sharpened a pencil, and got in touch with Washington...
...forthcoming version of his book Here Is Your War: "[The actor] must weigh in the neighborhood of 112 pounds and look anemic. He must not be glamorized nor have any love interest in the picture. He must write on a typewriter and absolutely never be shown with a pencil or notebook...