Word: wormed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...right was a young German, whose heavy, amazed face protruded from the folds of a bathrobe that concealed a torso bulging with incredible dorsal muscles, a pair of clumsy thighs. On his left sat an old Irishman, tired and sly, with a streak of blood like a scarlet worm running down his chin from the corner of his mouth. The ghouls waited. This man in the blue suit stood before them to announce a decision. He did so, when he felt that the drama of his pause had reached its climax, by sharply raising one of his hands. Instantly, from...
...FALL GUY-A clothesline and Irish brogue comedy of the worm who turned bootlegger by mistake...
...FALL GUY?Ernest Truex as the turning worm in a middle-class comedy that is first-class entertainment...
...University has made the entrance examinations so difficult and narrow that it is chiefly the 'book-worm' or 'plugger" type of student that can get into the College...
Recently, according to President L. A. Yerkes of the DuPont Fibresilk Co., the output of artificial * silk has for the first time in history exceeded the natural silk produced by the worm. In 1924, about 80,000,000 Ibs. of artificial silk were produced, compared with the 70,000,000 Ibs. of the natural silk. For many years, the output of natural silk has been stationary, while that of artificial silk has increased by leaps and bounds. At present, the artificial product sells for about $2.00 a pound-less than a third of the price of worm silk...