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Word: alum (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Black is a native of Atlanta, Ga., and a graduate of the University of Georgia. The choice of a non-Harvard alum nus to direct the fund drive is consistent with the Library Corporation's policy of making the Library a national, not a Harvard, undertaking...

Author: By Peter R. Kann, | Title: Eugene Black to Head JFK Library | 12/20/1963 | See Source »

...North American Coal Corp. is building a million dollar plant at Powhatan Point, Ohio, to use another Strategic Materials process to recover 40,000 tons of aluminum sulphate (alum) a year from coal wastes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Industry: New Era for Steel? | 4/7/1961 | See Source »

...honking autos and a torrent of heedless jaywalkers. Lagos' open-air market is a constant melee: picking their way through tall piles of blinding indigo or scarlet cloth, vast platters of red peppers on bright green leaves, and mounds of white salt, hordes of shrieking women peddle alum, alarm clocks, Hershey bars, live chickens, hair tonic-all from overloaded trays atop their heads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NIGERIA: The Black Rock | 12/5/1960 | See Source »

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