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Rhinoceritis, implies lonesco, is the most communicable disease of the 20th century: under the pressures of mass-think, man loses his individuality and is driven to joining the bestial herd. Many characters protest the change, but relentlessly their skins thicken and wrinkle, their voices become grunts, and great ski-jump tusks appear on their faces. "We must resist rhinocerization at any cost," cry the seemingly unafflicted, but already they start, rhino-like, to munch odd bits of paper, ivy leaves, potted plants...
Richfield's big atomic bet is based on a chemical peculiarity: the molecular structure of Athabaska oil is such that, once thinned by heat, it flows indefinitely, whereas many heavy crudes thicken again in cooling. The spot picked by Richfield for its experiment has rich tar sand down to a depth of 1,000 ft. Then the underlying rock begins. If the A-bomb experiment works, the first small-scale (two-kiloton) detonation will be set off in the rock strata 1,200 ft. below the ground. Engineers expect that the bomb will create a huge cavity, and heat...
...serving take two dressed quail, simmer in one pint of chicken broth for 15 minutes; remove birds from broth and pluck meat from bones, returning the meat (finely chopped) to broth until cooked; thicken with one tablespoon of flour, season to taste and serve on toast points or with hominy grits. (The President prefers grits...
...containing the big, flabby cholesterol molecules. If something removes the protein coating, which makes it possible for the combination to circulate in the blood as though in solution, then the insoluble fatty cholesterol molecule is left in the artery wall. If this happens often enough, the artery wall will thicken, roughen and begin to break down...
...humans grow older, the innermost layer (intima) of the arteries, ordinarily a thin, smooth membrane, tends to roughen and thicken in a process that may be compared to what happens when deposits of lime accumulate inside a water pipe. This change in the arterial wall is known generally as atherosclerosis...