The 11th-century pharmacologist, Al-Biruni, claimed other chemical and physical properties associated with khat, namely, that it also acts as a natural refrigerant for the stomach and the liver, and relieves biliousness.
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Second place went to Elaine Piecuch ( age 14 ) of Winslow, Maine, who failed to correctly spell " biliousness ", followed in third by Gary Barringer ( age 14 ) of East Liverpool, Ohio.
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Striving to bury the biliousness of impeachment, Sens . Sam Brownback, R-Kan ., and Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn ., issued press releases early this week announcing a bipartisan " call for reconciliation ."
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The great lyricist's double meaning is to the Nixon White House, from which the lifelong biliousness of the object of his ire was presumably derived, as well as to this column's primary concern with etymology, the roots of words.
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It is also occasionally cultivated for medicinal purposes in the alternative medicine practice " ayurveda " : the leaves and bark are hot, acrid, bitter, insecticidal, vulnerary and useful in the treatment of biliousness, cough, burning sensation, thirst and inflammation; it also has the ability to treat skin diseases and leprosy.
