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Word: saltingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Snappy Answer. In Salt Lake City, Traffic Cop J. H. Simonsen asked a woman driver why she was veering all over the place, for reply was handed the snapped-off steering wheel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 1, 1946 | 7/1/1946 | See Source »

Hippocrates preferred enemas to purges, but the Greeks rejected the strange concoctions of bile, vinegar, etc. used by other peoples in favor of water or simple salt solutions, perhaps with a little oil or honey added. Centuries later, physicians in medieval Spain described the nutrient enema and the first bulb syringes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Clyster Craze | 7/1/1946 | See Source »

Simplicity is the enema keynote in the Atomic Age. Best ingredients: "plain lukewarm water, or perhaps just a trace of bicarbonate of soda or ordinary salt." Warns Dr. Lieberman: "Soap is a very popular ingredient now, unjustly so, because in most cases it is unnecessary and irritating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Clyster Craze | 7/1/1946 | See Source »

...salt described their mating: "The prettiest piece of navigation I ever seen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Whales Limited | 6/3/1946 | See Source »

...main story is of how Vic gave Old Man Evans as good as he got. It is also the story of how Vic, despite years of cynicism and success, was helped by his own conscience and a heartfelt love affair to decide that no man worth his salt should waste his mind and time composing verbiage for creatures like Evan Llewelyn Evans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Beautee & the Beast | 6/3/1946 | See Source »

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