Word: saltingly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...members live in the U.S. And to Mormons the utterances of their First Presidency (President Heber Jedediah Grant and his two counselors) are a divinely inspired part of the continuous revelations of God. These two facts last week produced a First Presidency message to the semiannual Mormon conference at Salt Lake City whose impartial stand on the war closely resembled the attitude of the Pope...
...great-grandson of Founder Joseph Smith's brother Hyrum, who was killed by the same Illinois mob that lynched Joseph in 1844.* The new patriarch is 43, father of five, heads the University of Utah's phonetic department and is one of the best amateur actors in Salt Lake City. His patriarchal duties include pronouncing blessings upon the heads of church members...
...cure an ivy-poisoned soldier, one-tenth of a cc. of the extract (diluted with one cc. of salt solution) is injected intramuscularly. Burning sensations vanish within two to 24 hours, all blistering within two to five days, and no hospitalization is needed. The average untreated case suffers from one to three weeks, often in a hospital. Sergeant Shapiro's extract cannot prevent ivy poisoning; it desensitizes skin only after an attack. Applied externally, it produces a fine case of poison ivy itself...
Twice a week there is fresh meat and, once in a lucky while, lettuce. Salt tablets are required to replace the salt lost in perspiration. At night the trade winds bring cool relief and gentle sleep...
...pulp writer worth his salt knows that when his locale is darkest Africa he can't use too many drums. In a good standard plot, talking drums warn fierce natives of the unsuspecting white man's approach while the reader shudders. Last week in Natural History Dr. Albert Irwin Good, who understands Bulu and related African dialects, published the first popular article on the linguistics of drums, the complicated telegraphy whereby African drummers talk across the jungle...