Word: liverence
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Consider the cod. Although his family is only second on the platter, he is perhaps the most valuable. Even his liver, when pressed under heat, exudes oil of great medicinal worth. And his tongue is a Parisian delicacy. Cod?a big creature?is partial to olive-green covering and is distinguished by a subtle beard at the tip of the lower jaw. The cod catch on the Newfoundland coast has not been seriously diminished...
...Bromsulphalein," a dye, to test the liver's action.?Dr. E. C. White, Johns Hopkins University...
...year ago (TIME, May 26), his death was prematurely announced; but it was not until last January that he was taken to the Rockefeller Hospital at Peking and declared to be in the advanced stages of cancer of the liver...
...Trotzky is temperamentally a dictator who believes himself destined to rule the world. Zinoviev is a gay liver, a lover of wine, champagne and good cheer. He has suffered a lot and knew privation in his youth; and now abandons himself licentiously to pleasures. The dancers of the old Russian ballet and the beautiful women of Leningrad are flattered to be the friends of Zinoviev. Being very generous, nothing is too precious for his friends. Pearl necklaces, Imperial jewels, famous paintings, Gobelin tapestries are to be found today in the hands of the women who enjoy Zinoviev's friendship...
Cancer Once again the death of Dr. Sun Yatsen, "perpetual rebel" was announced. Once more it was denied.* But an operation was performed upon the body of the Chinese leader. It was discovered that his liver was cancerous. Doctors said his case was hopeless. Unkind critics said that there was now real hope for peace and unity in China...