Word: spoiling
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...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...
Cigarettes and chitchat, it was agreed at a White House staff conference, can spoil the efficiency of any office. Out went the word to the 49 typists, stenographers, receptionists, filing clerks, etc. under the over-all eye of Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams: no smoke & gossip sessions when on the job in the White House...
They may be right, but there is a profound truth in some of the first words Desiree addresses to her diary. "It's a shame," she laments, "to spoil these beautiful white pages with writing...