Word: spoiling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Later, to a group of touring U.S. editors, Tito unburdened himself on one other matter. He was very much concerned, said Communist Tito, that the actions of Wisconsin's Senator Joseph McCarthy were undermining the U.S. Government's prestige abroad, and might spoil Europe's good opinion of the U.S. way of life...
...trouble with this system is that the plate and the photoemissive surface have to be kept close together in a vacuum (electrons do not pass through glass), and gases from the plate quickly spoil the sensitive, metallic surface...
...despite the odds, despite injuries, and despite the rain, which Jordan describes as "the great leveller of football teams," the visiting Indians just might spoil another birthday party...
Other food trends noted by Columnist Paddleford: the elimination of an appetizer at dinner parties ("It's no disgrace at all to serve dinner without a first course"); filling guests awaiting dinner with cold soup from a cocktail shaker; casserole dishes that "don't spoil if the crowd gets a little high...
...that it usually results from the flouting of two basic rules: 1) food handlers should have clean hands, and 2) there must be no delay in properly storing food. Said Dr. Carl C. Dauer in Public Health Reports: "Food stored promptly in an inexpensive icebox is less likely to spoil than food placed in the most elaborate refrigerator after a few hours' exposure at room temperature...