Word: waterous
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...clock one morning a fortnight ago. On the way out of the harbor they hit a rock and stove in the ship's plates. Many of the mattresses got soaked. The passengers slept huddled in corners. The air was hot and fetid in the packed cabin, and drinking water ran low and thirst high long before the five-day trip to Cork was over...
...because you quit playing. I enjoy life. I love life. I love people." Gloria Swanson, high-styled siren of silent movies, showed up in shorts and a crew hat (but stuck to high-heeled shoes) as she took time out from her comeback chores in Sunset Boulevard to water the petunias with Michelle Farmer, 17, her daughter by her fourth husband...
...sale in drugstores for 35? to 40?, the kit consists of a test tube, a dropper and two reagent tablets. To five drops of urine and ten drops of water, add one tablet. If the solution turns blue, there is no sugar in the urine. If it turns any other color (most likely orange), there is sugar in the urine and a suspicion of diabetes. After that, the next step is to see a doctor...
...Prairie Town-a folksy history by Big Spring (Texas) Druggist Shine Philips. From his piano-selling days, Grandstaff remembered Big Spring: a prairie town of 20,000 which had sprung up around a spring where buffaloes, Indians, cowboys and finally the Texas and Pacific R.R. had come for water. He decided to write some music about Big Spring...
Sanctuary. In Rock Island, Ill., Martin Kohn was caught drunk riding on the town water wagon...