Word: sodas
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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These waves of destiny (in oil on canvas by Painter Frederick Waugh) ornamented the delegates' bar in the U.N. General Assembly building and served as an inescapable reminder to statesmen who might forget over Scotch-&-soda that U.N. stands in the midst of apocalyptic forces. The picture of the waves was called The Roaring Forties...
...worth of business, and Leigh, with signs in 19 cities, will gross over $2 million. His signs now blow real smoke rings, show coffee cups that exude real steam, and a giant box of Super Suds that spouts 5,000 large bubbles a minute. Forthcoming are a three-story soda pop ad in which full glasses will effervesce real balloons, some of which will contain tickets entitling the holder to a free drink, and a blimp-sized orange that will seem to drip juice into a building-high glass...
...Habur and Jaghjagha rivers. To her consternation, Mrs. Mallowan was drafted as a gynecologist by the Arab women. Reports amateur gynecologist Mallowan: "The commonest gesture is an expressive rubbing of the abdomen. This has one of two meanings: a) acute indigestion, b) a complaint of sterility. Bicarbonate of soda does excellent work in the first case and has attained a somewhat surprising reputation in the second...
...Have Nots. There were other vicious cycles. For want of soda ash, glass makers have been forced to cut down drastically; for want of glass bottles, dairies in New York and elsewhere have been forced to cut down on deliveries of milk, which is somewhat short for want of cows. For want of castor oil, used as brake and shock absorber fluid, automakers could not roll out all the cars they had hoped to deliver. For want of nails to make curing racks. Georgia farmers this year were threatened with the loss of half of their $57,000,000 peanut...
...Laffmovie is one of those Washington Street theatres where small children climb all over you in the afternoon, and sailors and their girl-friends distract you in the evening. There is a soda-dispenser in the lobby and there is the sickening smell of popcorn pervading the establishment at all times. But despite it all, it manages to resurrect the Marx Brothers about every other week, and with plugs in your nose and blinkers on your eyes, they are well worth an hour of your Reading Period time...