Word: rat
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...which a newborn rat has been steeped...
...once washed in Christ needs not to wash again." Author Choukas learned it was better to drink Mount Athos wine than Mount Athos water, which brings on an abdominal bloat. Medical care on the holy mountain turned out to consist mainly of the use of relics and rat oil.* Eleven of the Athonite monasteries are cenobitic, holding to the strict monastic ideals of early Christendom. The rest are idiorrhythmic-liberal, individualistic and permitting their inmates to own property during their lifetime. All were once wealthy and politically powerful, drawing revenue throughout the Balkans and from Russia which furnished many...
...pressing arguments, Sylvelie let Andi persuade her to marry him. For a while their happiness was idyllic. Then, by a stroke of legal accident, the papers in the three-year-old Lauretz case came into Andi's hands for review. His lawyer's nose immediately smelt a rat; he hounded his family-in-law until they finally confessed the crime. But Sylvelie, innocent accessory after the fact, was legally implicated in the murder. After terrific struggles of conscience Andi took a big chance, succeeded in getting the Lauretz case safely buried in the archives. Old Jonas' ghost...
...lead for the Millar money, is a French-Canadian. She and her husband, Matthew, are now on public relief. In twelve years of marriage they have had 14 children, including three sets of twins. Only five children are living. There should be six. The poverty-stricken Kennys occupy a rat-infested house. Last year a rat killed their yearling son Patrick...
...correct a very serious error in your article in this week's TIME [Dec. 3] concerning antiserum against black widow spider venom. The serum has not been used on any human cases, nor would I sanction its use as so far developed. It is highly potent in the rat, 1/10 cubic centimeter (about two drops) will completely protect rats against eight average lethal doses when given immediately, and 1 cubic centimeter given three and one-half hours later will give prompt recovery against the same dose...