Word: poisons
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Only by uniting the U.S. and Europe's democracies in a federal union with common citizenship, Roberts thinks, can the U.S. draw the poison from this donor-beggar relationship. Roberts appealed to a higher logic than dollars & cents: "Free men are the best assets we have outside the U.S.; men who think and act like...
...tiny bulb like a cork stuck on the end of a hypodermic needle. When the hair touches a victim, the bulb breaks off, exposing a point so exquisitely sharp that it slips right through the skin. Pressure on the hair shaft squeezes the bladder and injects poison into the victim's tissues. The result: a hot, burning sensation followed by a longer-lasting itching...
...Meat or Poison...
Every Texan knows the tales of Pecos Bill, the mythical great-granddad of all cowboys. Pecos Bill was born in Texas (naturally, say Texans) and raised by coyotes. Rattlesnakes hid when they heard him coming, because Pecos Bill's bite might poison them. He used mountain lions for saddle horses, invented centipedes and tarantulas for pets...
...time may come when animals (including humans) will be able to poison the bugs that bite them. Last week the U.S. Department of Agriculture was hard at work on this project. Many modern insecticides have only a slight effect on warm-blooded creatures. An animal whose blood is spiced with some such deadly substance should make an unattractive meal for lice, ticks or mosquitoes...