Word: spoil
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Frau Schramm returned to Germany determined to arouse German women to the plight of Kalavryta, and to raise funds to buy machinery for some simple industry. "This is a matter for women," she said. "We must not let it get into the hands of men, who would spoil...
...Newshen May Craig was worried about the Government's huge surplus butter stores (TIME, April 6), and Ike indicated that he was worried too. He hoped that Congress would give him the responsibility for finding outlets for the butter before it spoils. It would be a crime to civilization and to ourselves, he added, to allow it to spoil. He couldn't imagine anything worse when people are hungry...
...Langdon, N.H., on the other hand, citizens disregarded their pocketbooks. Rather than spoil their 79-year-old covered bridge by remodeling it to meet state specifications for roadway bridges, the townsmen voted to build a new bridge and to keep the old one intact for its sentimental value...
...calories in it." There was even a glimmer of good news for the candy manufacturers in the scientists' latest theories. If a dieter gets ravenously hungry before mealtime, it may be a good idea to boost the blood sugar level temporarily with a piece of candy and deliberately "spoil the appetite...
...Lozenges containing benzocaine and trade-named Flavettes helped three-quarters of his patients cut down smoking and still keep their weight down, Dr. William L. Gould of Albany. N. Y. reports. Since the lozenges also contain licorice, ginger and oils of anise, wintergreen, coriander and cloves, they naturally spoil the appetite for tobacco and food as well...