Word: tricking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...carbon atoms, rather like a natural fat. That, they figured, would be something bacteria could get their teeth into, destroying it quickly. They tacked a sulfonic-acid group (-SO-OH)-the chemical that is responsible for the cleansing action-onto each long-chain hydrocarbon molecule. This is no easy trick to perform in a practical industrial process, but after years of work Esso chemists finally developed a novel way of making the reluctant chemicals react by jolting them with gamma rays...
Sarit's speed has been characteristic of his rule since he seized power in 1957. "Anybody can stage a revolution," he said then. "The trick, once the revolution has been staged, is winning public approval." Sarit has succeeded admirably...
...Burroughs Corp. as well as by IBM, electronically "reads" the numbers formed by magnetic ink on the check. To conform to the machines' peculiar reading habits, numbers must be printed in distorted characters that the human eye finds hard to read, and a smudged printing job can occasionally trick the machines...
...perennial local favorite, have actually shown some early season promise. Utilizing trick weapons such as home runs by .161 batters, and home run sluggers who can't run or bend over, they have flirted with the idea of entering the first division. Under new manager Johnny Pesky, many wonderful changes have been made. For example, the Sox now run onto the filed. In fact, mirabile dictu, most of this New Breed even run out infield grounders. The effect of this unaccustomed strain is, as yet, undetermined. But, many old, seasoned observers fear that it may prove disastrous...
...Congress. Bobby denies that he did any such thing, places the blame for Morgenthau's selection on New York City's Mayor Robert Wagner. But the critics insist that Bobby telephoned Bronx Democratic Boss Charles Buckley, enlisted his support for Morgenthau and thereby turned the unhappy trick. And Morgenthau's defeat, of course, did nothing to endear Bobby to his critics...