Word: slicing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...arachnoid and the pia mater. The dura mater (tough mother, protector) lies next to the skull and is closely connected thereto. It resembles fine, wetted parchment. Next and attached to this is the arachnoid (cobweb-formed). This is a thin, fibrous membrane, which one might compare to a slice from a rubber sponge. Through its interstices pass vital fluids. It connects the dura mater to the pia (tender, kind) mater which immediately covers the brain itself, and dips down into the latter's creases...
...carried the play on his shoulders in many places. The second character part of note, that of Mazzini Dunn, an elusive, kindly, never-get-rich old fellow who had the honor to be Ellie's father, was admirably filled by Horace Pollock. And Ralph Roberts stole a large slice of the second act from under the noses of the rest of the cast with his Cockney dialect and the little playlet all his own, a gift from Shaw to the confusion of the British people
CRADLE SNATCHERS-A shifty slice of frank indelicacy concerning three middle-aged women and three boys, which the masses are crazy to enjoy...
CRADLE SNATCHERS - A shifty slice of frank indelicacy, regarding three middle-aged women and three boys, which the masses are crazy to enjoy...
...volunteer was found. Surrounded by every known antidote for poison, he wolfed down slice after slice in apparent tranquility...