Word: stomaching
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...peace. It seems certain that Costanza struck back by conspiring with Celestine III (who, like all Popes of the period, worked to undermine a strong king) to poison her husband. Heinrich recovered long enough to put dozens of plotters to death, but died a few months later of stomach cramps. Such was Frederick's infancy...
Your readers might be interested in the sumo wrestlers' recipe for gaining weight. After eating a huge meal of chanko, the wrestlers go to bed immediately and sleep for twelve hours. It is the sleep on a very full stomach that builds their admirable bellies...
...atomic weapons in Canada. The Nation has editorialized support for Canada's continued reliance upon conventional weapons, but Diefenbaker's test compromise suggestion--that the warheads be stored on the American side of the border and rushed into Canada when needed--is hardly that. If Diefenbaker can stomach the prospect of firing nuclear weapons from Canadian soil, one wonders why he objects to storing them on it in the meanwhile...
...then whacked the restaurant's hostess and its elderly sommelier with a wooden carnival cane that he had picked up somewhere. Coaxed into checking the cane, he lunged at the wine steward's cordial tray, then his neck chain, caught a sharp elbow in the stomach in return. Zantzinger had two double bourbons with his steak; Jane Zantzinger, four double Cutty Sarks with her prime ribs. When the head barman refused to serve more, Jane hopped to another table, sipped from the glasses of its surprised occupants. Zantzinger left no tip for the waitress...
Many of the secret formulas evolved by accident or were intended for other uses than they are put to today. Angostura Bitters were first brewed as a remedy for tropical stomach disorders and an antidote for scurvy. Coca-Cola began as a headache remedy. Biotherm, a popular European secret beauty preparation that is now spreading to U.S. cosmetic counters, was born when a French physician discovered plankton on the water of his sulphur bath at Aix-les-Bains. The first four-gallon barrel of Worcestershire sauce brewed up in Lea & Perrins' chemist shop tasted so bad that...