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...kilo of cocaine or heroin in their intestines. Before ingesting the drugs, they fast for several days, then swallow cooking oil for lubrication. Next, the oblong packets are placed in their esophagus with pliers and shoved down their throat. If a condom rips or is corroded by stomach acid during a long flight delay, the drugs burn, slowly, through the internal organs. On arrival the mules are taken to a hotel room by gang members and given large doses of laxative. "The most I have seen a man carry is 56," Tobon says. He estimates that about...
...jarring. I juxtaposed my memories of two summers past with the current reality. Anne, who had wanted to experience all the pleasures and beauty of life, has since become seriously involved with drugs. About a year ago, she overdosed on acid at a Phish concert and had her stomach pumped. The situation terrified Kim. Since then, Anne has gravitated toward the druggies; Tim, her current and first serious boyfriend, is a former dealer and a yo! boy. As a pale, blond, blue-eyed, non-Dead Head, Tim is the opposite of everything Anne ever sought in a boyfriend...
...knows why. One clue may be that the chemical squalamine, found in the stomach, liver and gallbladder of the dogfish, can inhibit the growth of human brain tumors. Sharks also have a primitive but highly active immune system, which may play a role. Their resistance to cancer, however, has nothing to do with their cartilage, despite extravagant claims by people who peddle shark-cartilage pills. While the cartilage has proved promising as an ingredient in temporary artificial skin for burn patients, no proof whatever exists that it can prevent tumors in humans...
...summer interns, I was intimidated by the presidents of college Democratic organizations and future politicians who surrounded me. I couldn't even work the copier and the fax machine, let alone recognize the Minority Whip and Chair of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means in the hallways. My stomach twisted into knots every time the phone rang--I was constantly worried that I'd accidentally divulge top-secret information...
...having been rendered immobile by the accumulated weight of gum wads, empty juice boxes and broken plastic toys from McDonald's Happy Meals. Do they go with the stolid minivan or the racy sport-ute? They consult consumer guides. They compare prices. They make, if they have the stomach for it, a few desultory visits to a variety of reptilian car salesmen. And they gather promotional brochures...