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New Scientist 18 Mar. 694: The other 86 mindbenders.at mind-bender, n.
New Scientist 18 Mar. 694: The other 86 mindbenders. New Scientist 21 Apr. 151: Already ‘mind-bending’ gases for military purposes are said to be at an advanced stage of development.at mind-bending, adj.
New Scientist 13 Apr. 72/3: In flickering torchlight the scenes probably appeared to move. Some of them clearly included cheese-cake and leg shows.at cheesecake, n.
New Scientist 22 June 718: General Electric and Alcoa, for example, are making noises about getting into city building.at make noises (v.) under noise, n.1
New Scientist 15 Aug. 351: This is the kind of ‘meat and potatoes’ information amateur astronomers [...] are eager to glean from an experienced observer.at meat-and-potatoes, adj.
New Scientist 27 June 703: One might be a real mind-blower and the other as ineffective as a sugar lump.at mind-blower, n.
New Scientist 28 Aug. 424: Our system is hieratic. It was always possible to maintain this as long as those at the top of the pyramid could keep the rest down [...] When the headman’s axe was no longer seriously accepted as a solution, we invented the law of ‘Buggin’s turn’.at buggins’ turn, n.
New Scientist 28 May 43: There is no proof that watching the inflammatory material which appears on the goggle drives kids to rape, or arson, or flagellation.at goggle box, n.
New Scientist 2 Apr. 23: We recover a useful chunk of this money by exporting manufactured cancer sticks, principally to the natives of Kuwait, Aden and Hong Kong.at cancer stick (n.) under cancer, n.
New Scientist 31 Dec. 588: The main result of all this jaw-jaw was merely the finalising of a draft treaty on the prohibition of the emplacement of nuclear weapons.at jaw-jaw, n.
New Scientist 7 Jan. 5: Those pretenders who stick on their crowning glory with adhesive can be recognised in overheated carriages when the temperature raises itchy hell under their head-falsies.at falsies, n.
New Scientist 26 Aug. 452: A new explanation for sudden changes of all magnitudes, which they call glitches, mini-glitches, and micro-glitches, depending on their size.at glitch, n.
New Scientist 15 June 644: A new series of BBC-2 commences at 8 pm: [...] In tonight’s prog, Anthony Smith has a look at the world’s newest national park.at prog, n.2
New Scientist Vol.59 398/2: I know which government minister I would like to have had batting for Britain in Brussels a fortnight ago—Margaret Thatcher.at bat for (v.) under bat, v.
New Scientist 19 July 176: He shifted from studying the dolphin mind to exploring the inner recesses of his own — head tripping to Americans.at head trip, v.
New Scientist 5 Apr. 23: So far, British phreaks have tended to avoid the sophisticated electronic devices used by many US phreaks.at phreak, n.
New Scientist 6 Feb. 338: The Beeb is to be congratulated on this new venture.at Beeb, n.
New Scientist 24 July 228: Every day a sackful of the day’s cables abroad go down to the Admiralty where persons of great charm and intelligence go through them one by one, wondering what sort of rannygazoo these five figure groups contain.at rannygazoo, n.
New Scientist 20 Oct. 132: Current delays must now be laid at the door of the ‘econuts’.at econut, n.
New Scientist 19 Oct. 156: Critics of the US government’s efforts to combat cancer have castigated its failure to spend more money on investigating possible links between diet and the ‘big C’.at big C, n.
New Scientist 12 Jan. 90: The equipment is designed to reduce the high incidence of rear-end shunts on motorways.at shunt, n.3
New Scientist 8 Nov. 423: Claims and counter-claims about controlling prisoners with drugs (the ‘liquid cosh’ is the inmates’ terms [sic]) and about drug experiments on prisoners are rife.at liquid cosh (n.) under liquid, adj.
New Scientist 20 Apr. 🌐 The emerging problem of ‘homebaking’ illicit drugs could be nipped in the bud [...] although homebaking is time-consuming, it becomes more cost-effective when police and customs crack down on illegal heroin imports, limiting the supply.at homebake, v.
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