Word: tenderizers
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...York and Canadian woods by Indians who tore out their nails, hair and beards, chewed their fingers, and as one martyr said "even went so far-a savage act-as in cold blood [to] wound us with their nails, which are extremely sharp, in the most tender and sensitive parts of the body." Eventually all eight were despatched by the Indians, several with tomahawks. There is no question of the heroic circumstances of their deaths. But many an American has been tomahawked. What miracles did the eight perform...
...Monaco), better known as the Monte Carlo gambling casino syndicate, has its own currency- round and oval celluloid chips (jetons) of various colors and denominations which the Casino sells for cash, to be used at the gaming tables and afterward redeemed for cash. Although strictly forbidden as legal tender outside the Casino, almost anyone nearby who frequents the Casino will accept them as such...
Well, to get back to the other day, while waiting for the gentleman with the shears, the Vagabond found himself looking over a journal of ill-repute that is probably unknown to readers of tender years. For the benefit of such youths, suffice it to say that the old rogue has descended to the point of handling a scurrilous periodical...
Optimistic and startling is this picture of God's country, once strong, silent and barbarous, now given over to good wines, good drams, and the niceties of the tender passion. It is pleasant to find that even the French, recognized specialists along those lines, realize that another well-populated nation has learned how to make love. This transportation and transplanting of the gentler arts of living to blossom like a rose even in the desert lands around Salt Lake City marks another triumph under the banner of the dollar sign. Bitter will be American globe-trotters and steamship lines when...
...diction. Playing his feminine roles he seemed like a painting of Hui Tsung miraculously come to elastic, undulating life. His dances with swords and wands possessed an extraordinarily feline continuity of movement. His falsetto was harsh but expressive. Watching his gait, his play with hands and voluminous sleeves, his tender coquetry, you could understand why Chinese poets have written panegyrics about his eye, smile, shoulder, even his waist...