Word: steams
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Stalks & Stills. At harvest time, Gehring's tractors slash their sickle bars through the 30-inch mint stalks with machine-gun speed. At the "still," the workers tramp the leaves down, 1½ tons at a time, into the huge vats. Then steam is forced through them for 45 minutes to an hour. This boils out the essential mint oils, which are condensed through water-cooled coils and then drained off. The end result is a faintly yellowish-white fluid...
...steam-bath heat of the Lexington, Ky. federal courtroom last week, fat, whip-brained Edward Fretwell Prichard Jr. sat with his eyes closed and his hands clutching the arms of his chair. A distinguished witness, perhaps the most respected man in Bourbon County, was addressing the court...
Sabath countered with a short left to the jaw, then a short right cross with real steam behind it. New York's 200-lb. James Delaney stepped between them and stopped the battle before the bewildered sergeant at arms could parade the mace, the traditional symbol of law & order in the House...
Among the Music Hall's scenic effects: rainfall (from pipes high above the stage); Niagara Falls (out of tanks of an agitated soap solution); a full-sized train that can disappear into the hills; a steam curtain that fills the stage with billowing clouds; an ocean freighter that is torpedoed, splits in two and sinks from sight. The stage has also held a swimming pool, a helicopter and 30 trained horses...
...mountain went on growing, but not so quietly as at first. Steam burst from its top, digging a small crater which filled with mud and water. Steadily the explosions grew more violent; the steam smelled of sulphur and broke out strongly enough to toss rocks high in the air. But still there was no hot lava or other volcanic matter. The rocks and sand thrown out were just local material torn loose by the steam...