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Word: wryness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1933-1933
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President Coolidge was subject to seasickness which always threatened to mar the pleasure of steaming up & down the Potomac with the Mayflower. On these excursions Col. Coupal would watch the President's face attain a certain degree of pallor and wryness. would pluck two pledgets of cotton from a case and on them pour a few drops of a liquid. Mr. Coolidge would plug the medicated cotton in his ears. Soon his face would relax and ruddy Col. Coupal was free to continue with his jovial stories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Self-Physicker | 1/16/1933 | See Source »

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