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Word: poleax (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...circuit for her insights into Asperger's but also in the meat-packing business for her advice on the humane treatment and disposal of livestock. Among her contributions is a design for a curved slaughterhouse ramp that is said to reduce animal anxiety by keeping hidden the high-tech poleax that dispatches the critters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OLIVER SACKS: HOUSE CALLS AT THE EDGE OF THE MIND | 3/20/1995 | See Source »

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