Word: vomitive
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...vomit-inducing non-prescription drug has increased dramatically among college age women, many of whom have eating disorders, two Harvard-affiliated doctors reported this week...
...board the ship we became utterly dejected," one immigrant wrote of his voyage early this century. "Seasickness broke out among us. Hundreds of people had vomiting fits . . . As all were crossing the ocean for the first time, they thought their end had come. The confusion of cries became unbearable . . . I wanted to escape from that inferno but no sooner had I thrust my head forward from the lower bunk than someone above me vomited straight upon my head. I wiped the vomit away, dragged myself onto the deck, leaned against the railing and vomited my share into...
...contemplated buying Claus out before they went to the police with their suspicions. He also obtained testimony from Sunny's personal physician, Dr. Janis Gailitis, that the latter believed that his patient's 1979 coma was due not to an insulin injection but to her choking on her own vomit, a theory the doctor said the prosecutors told him to keep to himself in 1982. Finally, Puccio prevented Mrs. Von Bulow's personal banker, G. Morris Gurley, from testifying about the millions Von Bulow stood to inherit, thereby undermining the state's claim that greed motivated Von Bulow...
...copulating with the blacksmith." Everywhere he goes, the newcomer finds himself enmeshed in African webs of social obligation. Each time he gets into his car, a dozen villagers appear with luggage. All expect to be given a ride, plus money to spend, and most can be counted on to vomit inside the car at some point during the trip. Many Dowayos and their dogs throw up on Barley, and during the rainy season, he cleans up by jumping into a river, fully clothed, and proceeds...
Cartoonist Garry Trudeau, in his Doonesbury strip, dubbed Garn "Barfin' Jake." But the 52-year-old Senator held up well in preparations for the mission, which included being sealed in a dark bag to test his resistance to claustrophobia. During a spin in a simulator known as the "vomit comet," which is designed to induce motion sickness, Garn kept his food down...