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...dangerous when given by mouth or intravenously. For convenience, many doctors have taken to giving it to children in rectal suppositories, but this too can be hazardous, warned Detroit's Dr. Anthony C. Nolke. In the A.M.A. Journal he reported 21 cases of severe illness (vomiting, raging thirst and maniacal agitation) and four deaths from...
...lost. A screaming siren can be carried into the muffler and become inaudible in a few yards. When the tunnel is in operation, its noise is reduced to levels acceptable at least to N.A.C.A.'s hardened neighbors. The tunnel works-late at night only, so its inordinate thirst for electricity will not slow the city of Cleveland...
...errors in quotes. If you spell our names and list our college classes correctly, most of us are content to leave the rest more-or-less up to you. But since the publication of your fascinating article on Freshman Advising our office has been besieged by students pleading thirst and overwork, like so many crosses between Oliver Twist and the Ancient Mariner...
...India the Maharaja of Jaipur was in his pink palace in his pink city, ready to greet American tourists, treat them to elephant rides and put them up in his guest house. In France's Dijon, knowing the U.S. tourists' unquenchable thirst for cold drinks, the Terminus Hotel has achieved a master stroke of plumbing: faucets in every room dispense chilled red or white wine. In Rome, bartenders will stir up a martini molto secco at the drop of a 500 lira note; half a dozen short order restaurants are pushing Southern fried chicken and barbecued spare ribs...
Despite the imaginative title, Brief has produced little in the text to rival Kinsey. In a paragraph headed "What About Sex?" the author says "Like hunger and thirst, sex is a human drive...