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...short time. Nitrocellulose, immersed in ten times its bulk of water, is liquefied by various chemicals, among them ethyl acetate, much used in nail polish. The liquid nitrocellulose rises to the surface of the water as a creamy lacquer. Stirring breaks it into globules, like olive oil in salad dressing. Other chemicals keep the tiny pellets separate. Speed of stirring determines the size of the grains of powder...
...complain about the weeds in your garden. Eat them. There is nothing quite like a tossed weed salad, preceded by an entree of burdock stems in batter, and topped off by cattail-pollen pancakes...
...snake her way through a radiobroadcast love scene, Theda Bara, 52, siren of the early silents, emerged from 20-odd years of retirement. Her victim was goggle-eyed Groucho Marx. The studio audience found the famed vamp about 30 Ib. heavier than in her salad days, but still trim in the legs, hypnotic in the eyes. They also found her afflicted with stage fright. The ex-siren told reporters she did the stunt as a favor to friends, had no idea of trying a comeback, then returned to the curio-cluttered mansion where she has long been one of Hollywood...
...Department's mammoth Pentagon Building in Washington, the capital's most fabulous new sight, has eight cafeterias and two dining rooms which serve 40,000 meals a day. One day last winter ambulances clanged up, carted away 50 Pentagon diners griped by contaminated salad dressing. The Pentagon hastily changed cafeteria managers; the Welfare and Recreational Association, which runs the cafeterias in most of Washington's government buildings, took charge...
...weekly laurel Wreath goes to the little salad dispenser at Cowie, so vote Morgan and Nec. The citation comes as a result of here consistent, methodical, and relentless application of Chef's Salad Bowl...