Word: waterous
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Along the silt-yellow Rio Magdalena the talk was of hard times. "There's not enough water, not even for alligators if there were any," said one dark-skinned boga de agua dulce (freshwater sailor) squatting idly on a pier. "They hunted alligators to death," remarked another, "and now the ghosts are cursing this river...
...although the river still handles 40% of the country's shipping trade, the traffic is irregular. Two weeks ago, because of the low water, not a steamer moved on the upper river. Such delays, by stretching out trips, cut deep into the profits of the Magdalena companies...
...Gauthier knew what he wanted for his vegetables before he got to market last week: 35? for a dozen ears of corn, a cent apiece for cucumbers, 25? for an 11-quart basket of tomatoes, 10? for a 5-lb. bag of carrots. Some farmers sprinkle their vegetables with water to make them look fresher, but Gene feels that makes them soggy and pulpy...
...Pasadena, a 69-year-old retired building contractor, had hiccuped almost continuously, once every ten seconds, since November 1946. He lost ten pounds, spent nine months in hospitals, had consultations with 60 doctors which did him no good. Last week he tried bending over at the waist while drinking water from the far side of a glass. Halfway through the second glass, his hiccups stopped...
...human ills, including . . . tuberculosis." Glyoxylide, according to Dr. Koch, is the "internal anhydride" of glyoxylic acid. Chemists know all about glyoxylic acid, but they never heard of anybody having isolated its internal anhydride. Food & Drug Attorney William W. Goodrich said Government chemists could find nothing in it but distilled water, called it a "formula for nothing...