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Word: poison (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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This week Stevenson was to lunch with President Truman and the Cabinet. The most humorous aspect of the campaign to date is the relationship between Stevenson and Truman. Mr. Truman is by far the most powerful man in the U.S., yet Stevenson treats him like political poison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: An Elegant Gentleman | 8/18/1952 | See Source »

...thought to tarry, Came to the town, found an apothecary And said, 'Sell me some poison if you will, I have a lot of rats I want to kill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: THE MEN WHO FOUND DEATH | 8/11/1952 | See Source »

This cursed fellow grabbed into his hand The box of poison and away he ran Into a neighboring street, and found a man Who lent him three large bottles. He withdrew And deftly poured the poison into two. He kept the third one clean, as well he might, For his own drink, meaning to work all night Stacking the gold and carrying it away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: THE MEN WHO FOUND DEATH | 8/11/1952 | See Source »

...Then said the first of them when this was done, 'Now for a drink. Sit down and let's be merry. For later on there'll be the corpse to bury.' And, so it happened, reaching for a sup He took a bottle full of poison up And drank; and his companion, nothing loth, Drank from it also, and they perished both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: THE MEN WHO FOUND DEATH | 8/11/1952 | See Source »

Another military factor will be the vast amount of debris thrown out by an atom bomb that penetrates earth or heavy buildings. It will be highly radioactive, and chunks of it flying for miles will poison large areas. The Army engineers say they are not interested in the bits of rock that were thrown three miles by their scaled-down bomb. But atomic bombardiers will certainly take note...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Underground Blast | 7/21/1952 | See Source »

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