Word: rubbed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Only a few lucky physicians would be invited to view each operation. Dr. Cushing always dressed in grey, made few remarks. Only sign when he struck an unexpected problem: he would lightly rub his hands together, or dip them quickly in the bowl of antiseptic solution which stood near the operating table...
...proctor steadied himself for the last effort. His tongue moved and seemed to rub the inside of a clay bowl. "My God," he cried, "professors study, and don't tell me they can't buy a drink...
...heaviest rainstorm. Trick of the device is a rubber, motor-driven blade, pivoted on an axle through the windshield. It revolves so fast (2,500 r.p.m.) that it does not obstruct vision, scrubs glass many times faster than a slow-moving automobile wiper. To help it rub away ice, a melting mixture of glycerin and alcohol is fed through holes in the blade to the outer surface of the windshield. Retail cost, installed in a Douglas...
...that students should be forced to study human biology," Hooton went on. "I merely urge that, at any rate, they rub up against some sort of animals and study them objectively...
...expensive sponsorship of Joe Louis' recent sweet but short fights. Radio Jester Fred Allen, who sells Ipana tooth paste and other Bristol-Myers nostrums, last week bested the bunch by cracking: "I hear if his fights get any shorter the broadcasts will be sponsored by Minit-Rub...