Word: taster
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...prudent Oriental, Feisal habitually employed a Court Taster except when in England, lest an enemy poison him. The royal corpse was not cold before some of the more excitable members of his staff demanded an autopsy to determine whether or not their sovereign's sudden death was due to foul play. Promptly surgeons at the University of Berne set their minds at rest. They found that King Feisal, "The Sword Flashing Down at the Stroke," had succumbed to an advanced stage of arteriosclerosis of the aorta and coronary arteries. The King's cardiac condition had not been improved...
...from the mental (lawyers, writers, singers, salesmen), through the semi-manual (osteopaths, masseurs, typists), to the manual (farmers, carpenters, mechanics). The blind are peculiarly deft at assembling parts. A profession whose unexpected obviousness makes it surprising is Miss Emma Most's of San Francisco. She is a coffee-taster...