Word: blaze
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Officials blamed the fire on a bad chimney that had caught some hot sparks from the furnace. Ivan V. Krno '50 reported the blaze when he saw eight-foot flames leaping out of the chimney...
...Jewelry and sequins blaze as distractingly as small klieg lights. Large hats block the best efforts of studio electricians. Patent leather shoes and satin dresses have a more unattractive glow than a shiny nose...
...barrel or rags burst into flames in Widener basement about 8 p.m. last night, but automatic sprinklers doused the blaze before any damage was done...
Chief William F. Jeff attributed the blaze to welding equipment stored in the basement since the afternoon. Workmen installing air-conditioning equipment had used several welding rods, he said, and inadequately disposed of them...
...conference got under way in a blaze of imperialist hope & glory. Leopold Amery, former Secretary of State for India, while supporting economic cooperation in Europe, denounced the idea of a European federation. "We can never subject our loyalty to Crown and Empire to some outside authority." The conference came out against freer trade, and for the Empire preference system...