Word: rind
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Night and day under the rind...
...trouble is a plague of human locusts. His mother squeezes out the juices of her love for his dashing, rakehell brother Ben, leaves young Ase only the rind of contempt. When Ben quits the family farm to go fortune-hunting, Ase is left not only with all the chores but also with Nellie, one of Ben's girls. Nellie tries to be a good wife to him, but though she heats his bed she rarely warms his heart. They have five children, but only one, his frail daughter Dolly, ever tugs very hard at Ase's heartstrings...
...favorite form of amusement, before he got so busy trapping rascals, was the practical joke. Once, when a neighbor invited the Williamses to share a watermelon, Williams slipped over ahead of time, took the heart out of the melon, filled it with newspapers, and replaced the end section of rind. Top officials of the Treasury Department, staring at their newspapers as Williams announced his findings, have sometimes felt like the host at the watermelon party...
James R. Reynolds, Assistant to the President, yesterday announced that the Corporation decided Monday to refrain from authorizing any fund drive now for the construction of a hockey rind at the University...
...Have your griddle greased with a slab of bacon rind or some salt pork skin. Heat to the proper temperature to produce the deep orange glow so essential to the seductive pancake...