Word: bags
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...floater does the duty of a balloon's gas-filled bag. Since its gasoline is about two-thirds as heavy as sea water and only slightly compressible, its buoyancy supports the ship even under heavy pressure...
...days after the body arrived, the couple hurried off to nearby Cumberland, Md., were married, hurried back, packed a bag and left Rockwood-two full days before Sterner's funeral. The speed of the romance left Rockwood a little indignant. But Army spokesmen said that the sergeant had broken no regulations. At week's end, Alma, now settling down in Green's home town, Waterbury Center, Vt., explained everything: "I have a bad heart," she said, "and didn't think it would be a good idea to attend the funeral...
...Tribune announced that the boy, on being caught, said calmly: "I haven't got my shoes on." It later turned out that little Francis, a child of Puerto Rican parents, knew only one English word, "Godfrey," and because of the influence of television, thought that it meant "tea bag." But amid the happy hysteria nobody minded...
...Bag & Baggage. Public opinion was sharply divided over Bonner's decision. Some people, particularly those in the areas close to the Freedomites' dynamitings and burnings, felt that a tough policy was the only way to deal with the sect. Others urged patience, arguing that harsh treatment of the Sons only created sympathy for them, even causing some peaceable Doukhobors to join their ranks. The differing views were reflected in Vancouver's leading newspapers, the Sun and the Province. Said the Sun: "The tough policy has been tried before [and] has always failed." Said the Province: "Plain, ordinary...
...American Dairy Association made a deal with International Milling Co. of Minneapolis to include 25? toward the purchase of a pound of butter in every 5-lb., 10-lb., or 25-lb. sack of International's Robin Hood flour (a 50? coupon is in every 50-lb. bag...