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...kitchen the range broiled thick steaks in barely two minutes. Dishes and clothes were cleaned without soap or water. -The house had no electrical outlets; invisible radio beams ran all appliances. At night, the walls and ceilings glowed softly with glass-encased "light sandwiches," which changed color at the twirl of a dial. And throughout the house, tiny, unblinking bulbs of a strange reddish hue sterilized the air and removed all bacteria...
...little coordination that she could scarcely control her hands and feet. She was given breathing exercises to build up her respiration, massages and tiny electric shocks to relax her limbs. She listened to nursery tunes for hours each day, gradually learned to keep time with her fingers and to twirl her hands to the rhythm of Hickory, Dickory, Dock. As her ability to coordinate her body movements increased, she began to pronounce her first words. After that came years of phonetic drill and tongue exercises, but by the time she was eleven, she was able to enroll in a special...
Talking Details. London's latest proposal, couched in enough roundabouts and negatives to make the eyeballs twirl, said in effect that Britain is not unwilling to negotiate some form of "self-determination" for Cyprus if the islanders "sincerely cooperate" in arranging a gradual change to self-government. Makarios replied with a letter to Sir John that he would accept this as "a basis for continuing our joint efforts toward a solution." It would be difficult not to: the British proposal is practically the same as Makarios offered them four months ago (and the British then refused...
...year, the question arose: Would Leader Johnson perform his nimble best to get it through the Senate? He would and he did. With a flick of his thumb, Johnson signaled to presiding senators whom to recognize-speakers who would not antagonize Southerners or be trapped by Republicans. A twirl of Johnson's lifted forefinger, the airman's signal to rev up, means speed on the Senate floor. A whisper from Lyndon during roll call, and the clerk shifts into a slow, minor key. Sometimes it takes an expert to tell whether the Senate is rushing or loitering...
...fourth floor of the Department of Athletics, under lock and key, rests an infamous roulette wheel which Tom Bolles & Co. twirl three times a year. Some midnight last December, while the windows were frosted and baseball bats locked in their rack, the black and red went spinning. A gleeful smile, a click, click, click, and six Christmas presents to six varsity coaches...