Word: pints
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Sledge family lives in Des Moines, and their mythic existence in this hinterland at America's heart forms the main thread of the action. Luke Sledge, who drinks a pint of whiskey a day and two on Saturday ("the cells of his body gulped whiskey like a tree drinking water out of the ground, pulling it up into its roots and sending it out into the farthest, highest leaves") is the father. He has a wife and many sons, and one daughter, Nellie, who is blind: the book is dedicated to her. It is the youngest son--Reuben--who tells...
Every time a toilet is flushed, about five gallons of water sweep a pint of human waste into the sewage system. This prodigious waste of good water has long upset dedicated environmentalists. Indeed, after the invention of a pollution-free car, a better toilet system has been their No. 1 priority...
Gratuitous quotations and shy confessions follow each other in a happy jumble. The reader is treated to Hamlet's "To be or not to be" soliloquy (twice) and to an account of Wolfs first sex experience. Wolf donates a pint of blood to a hospital and allows himself to entertain giddy thoughts. He interviews some cancer patients, who have little to say, and an actor, Christopher Lee, who has played Dracula in several films. He talks with some high school girls, and although the subject of vampires does not come up, he learns a lot about teen...
...trail, Dai was issued rice and dried salted meat daily, plus two pounds of sugar and a pint of milk every 45 days. The officers were regularly issued ginseng root, the ancient Oriental aphrodisiac and cureall. On occasion, the troops would sell their clothing to buy chickens or a suckling...
...physical trouble. Unless someone is willing to donate blood for him, he is likely to be in economic difficulties as well. Blood is in short supply throughout the U.S., and it must often be obtained commercially at an ultimate cost to the patient of up to $40 a pint. Even at high prices, such blood is occasionally tainted...