Word: though
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...disease must be different from the poison which causes the second fatal stage. To test his hunch he injected both small and large amounts of tetanus toxin directly into the spinal cords of more than 60 dogs. The injections were always followed by muscular paroxysms and death, even though 100 times the neutralizing dose of antitoxin was in the bloodstream and even though some doses of the poison were not large enough to cause death when injected into the veins...
...Even though he was too weak to take his daily drive, the Pope would have little to do with doctors, preferred to have his valet try "home remedies" to ease his pain. He ate only soft, bland foods: boiled chicken, thin vegetable soups, small amounts of rice pudding, occasional sips of red wine or champagne. Last November he had another serious attack of cardiac asthma, often had to get out of bed at night and sit in an armchair to relieve his coughing spells...
...Though your Chinese is most fluent,--if one may judge from the front page article and your editorial in the Harvard Crimson of February eight,--still I feel constrained to utter these base words in English...
...Girls: If your escort gets too drunk and assertive, don't ask him in. "Don't laugh at him when he makes love to you, even though he looks funny...
...south wall, it is likely to win the most casual observer with its vigorous representation and rich color, its size and dignity. The fresco represents a species of griffin, showing the head and wings of an eagle, the neck of a serpent, and the tail of a cock. Though his body is much blurred, ferocity still lives in his eye, tension in his talons, strength in his large wings and coils. The figure ranges in color from brownish red to tawny yellow, whereas the background consists of bands of color...