Word: stomachly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...country town. On his way to Russia he found that London now looked "much like Chicago." (And on his way back, through France: "Rigor mortis has set in in Paris.") Prepared to be sympathetic with Russia, he discovered many a Soviet custom that turned his U. S. stomach. In Moscow, he says, it is true that people always look over their shoulders before hazarding a political remark; he got the habit himself. The suppression of publicity has resulted in a plethora of scandalous rumors. Glasses of tea are always too hot to pick up conveniently. The food is too heavy...
...their Radical Socialist allies 116; Joseph Paul-Boncour's Socialist Union 28. making a total of 362. But in addition to about half a dozen deputies who never cooperate with anybody, there will be in this apparent majority about 50 Radical Socialists, headed by Edouard Herriot, who cannot stomach the Popular Front's liberal program. Last week Leon Blum gave his best efforts to flirting with these all-important 50 votes. He had already got the Communists' promise to support, but not to join, his Government. The Radical Socialist machine had agreed to join the Government. There...
Like many another medical specialist, Dr. Walter Clement Alvarez of the Mayo Clinic suffers from the disease he cures in other people. In Dr. Alvarez' case the ailment is stomach ulcers. Last week, looking and feeling better than he has in years. Dr. Alvarez went to Atlantic City to attend a meeting of the American Gastro-Enterological Association, of which he was president in 1928 and which has a special lecture named in his honor...
...last week's meeting Dr. Alvarez, speaking from his personal experiences, told stomach specialists to beware of foods which harm their patients in strange ways. "Since I found that I was abnormally sensitive to chicken and stopped eating it," said he, "life has been much easier...
...tree. " 'What the devil are you doing up a persimmon tree?' asked the General. 'Eatin' 'simmons, Gen'l, the private replied. 'What, eating persimmons in July!' exclaimed Stonewall. 'Why, man, don't you know they'll draw your stomach into a hard knot?' 'Waal, Gen'l, I figgered on that. I 'lowed to swink up my belly to fit my rations...