Word: semiliquids
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...Chief cause of ulcers is excess production of hydrochloric acid, which erodes the lining of the stomach. (This abnormal flow of acid is usually produced by constant worrying, emotional upsets.) Standard medical treatment for ulcers consists of many small meals of bland, semiliquid foods based on milk & cream. Thus the stomach, frequently filled, has small chance to consume itself, and the ulcer, like other sores, gradually heals. But this treatment, said Dr. Winkelstein, does not go far enough. Between meals the acid continues its destructive work, especially at night, time of greatest acid flow in ulcer patients...
Brokers were not disturbed by their sensitivity to war news; they worried more about the market's fundamental weakness, now almost chronic. It has no "supporting power"-no outer ring of semiliquid investors able to ride out the brief news-born squalls. One reason for this weakness: despite the production boom, corporate earnings are not going up in proportion to corporate sales (see below). Another: much Wall Street buying power has been absorbed by the liquidation of Britain's U. S. securities. For these unloadings Wall Street had a new name last week: Bundles from Britain...
Professor Francis W. Davis of the university's photography department removed the plug, brought a cinecamera up close to the hole, took pictures of what was going on in the steer's stomach. The film clearly showed that digestion in a cow's stomach is continuous. Semiliquid food surged through in periodic waves like surf...