Word: tiring
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...layman's idea that because an automobile tire or piston wears out, so eventually must human organs, is only half true. In the youthful, still growing organism, cells divide rapidly, and all the components of the body (except nerve cells) are not only quickly added to, but also constantly replaced at the most intimate molecular level. This process does not stop with maturity; it goes on until death. But there is evidence that the rate of cell and tissue replacement slows down, until- perhaps at different times in dif ferent tissues - it is markedly less than the rate...
...mastery of the art of big-time wining and dining-and of educating thousands of barbarian palates to the delights of Rock Cornish game hen, crab meat Louis and cream of pumpkin soup. Any conclave of hungry and thirsty humans was his meat. "I won Goodyear Tire & Rubber over to pink champagne," he once boasted to a companion. Unexcelled at spreading a gourmet's table, even for the American Trucking Associations, he delighted in explaining to slightly befuddled clients that turtle soup was a better first course than melon prosciutto for the simple reason that melon prosciutto was undignified...
Plymouth boasts an optional, Imperial-like spare-tire compartment on the sloping rear deck. Dealers expect that one new feature will sell well to women and oldsters: swivel front seats that make it simpler to get in and out. Chicago's Fohrman Motors has had 100 nibbles from potential customers for Chrysler Corp. cars, 90 of them for station wagons. A record 28% of Plymouth's '58 output went to station wagons, and Plymouth dealers talk hopefully of 40% to 45% station-wagon sales this year. The new DeSoto made its debut in the press last week...
...crowd. "Kill the bloody spades!" shrieked a 15-year-old Teddy boy. Others took up the cry-but it changed to "Kill the bloody coppers!" as truncheon-flailing police surged into the mob. Dozens were arrested and police stations stacked up piles of bicycle chains and tire irons, flick knives and nail-studded belts taken from the rioters. "It's become a teen-age sport," said the officer in charge of West London night operations...
...Goodyear Tire 10.9 16.4 International Paper 16.2 14.1 C.I.T. Financial 9.4 10.2 Food Machinery 3.3 5.0 Kaiser Industries 2.9 4.0 Pan American 3.3 (loss...