Word: soda
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...result from the massive loss of body fluid-as much as several gallons a day-through diarrhea. They can prescribe antibiotics, especially tetracycline, which may shorten the duration of the diarrhea. The dehydration can also be reversed, and the patient rehydrated, with a simple solution containing common salt, baking soda, potassium chloride and glucose. If the patient is conscious and not vomiting too severely, he can take the solution orally. Otherwise, fluids must be given intravenously. Either way, if treatment is begun promptly, it can reduce the cholera death rate to near zero. The major obstacle to universal...
...flashlights offered to escort people up the stairs at $1 each. Some cabbies cruised with their off-duty lights on, trying to negotiate high-priced deals, charging as much as $50 for the trip from Shea Stadium to Manhattan, which normally costs about $10. Cold cans of beer and soda went for $3 in Forest Hills, Queens. An ice-cream vendor in Greenwich Village did a brisk business. As the temperature in his refrigerated case dropped, so did his prices?until he finally gave away free but slightly soggy cones...
...taxes needed. The senate killed it. Then the house passed a budget that would avoid the cuts by raising new taxes, one of them a lO?-per-gal. soft-drink tax. The senate scuttled that one too. No matter. Thomson announced that he would veto any budget with a soda-pop tax. Furious representatives, saying their work had been done, recessed the house. Thomson called an emergency session for this week...
...some of us the change in seasons is signalled more subtly. Vodka-bitter lemons give way to gin-and-tonics; club soda is replaced by quinine water. Below is a highly arbitrary listing of some local establishments specializing in liquid cuisine...
Bring to a boil, remove from stove and add: 2 cups flour, ½ tsp. baking powder, 1 tsp. baking soda sifted together. Beat to mix well...