Word: germ
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Willcoxes and a dozen other U.S. citizens got together as delegates to the Communist-sponsored Asian and Pacific Peace Conference in Peking. There they set to work on a resolution calling for an end to the Korean fighting and accusing the U.S. of using germ warfare "on a wide scale" in Korea. The Chinese Communist radio promptly broadcast the Americans' resolution as further ammunition in their propaganda war against...
...From two to 250 germ colonies may switch sides during a kiss, but 95% are harmless...
...Women's lipsticks (and men's chapsticks) cut down the germ count, because most are made with a mild antiseptic, and the heavy base tends to suffocate the colonies...
Finland said there had been "an appreciable number of fatalities" among patients who become infected with penicillin-resistant germs of the staphylococcus group. Most infections from this germ are minor, however, and cause irritations such as boils...
Only once did Acheson allow himself a lawyer's display of anger. As he told how the Reds refused to allow a neutral body to investigate their germ-warfare charges, he shook his finger and asked: "What do you think of people like that?" then muttered, almost to himself: "Unspeakable...