Word: bottomly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Administration pledged to state ownership of the oil land, however, Attorney General Herbert Brownell must now support the Texas claim. Anxious to avoid a Court dispute, Brownell has suggested letting the coastal states take the oil from the submerged land without giving them title to the disputed sea bottom. Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay and other proponents of state-ownership have charged Brownell with backing off the party platform. And those favoring Federal control are grumbling over the loss of revenue to the nation...
...city's $30 million building program is now well under way. It has built three new ultra-modern schools, has three more under construction and five in the planning stage. It has built two new field houses, remodeled 28 old buildings from top to bottom. The main door of each renovated school has been painted red-"a sign to the public," says Jacqueline Leonhard, "that the school is safe...
...Steep Rock ore was at the bottom of a lake until Eaton, with $5,000,000 from the RFC, shifted the course of the Seine River and pumped out 125 billion gallons of water to get at it (TIME, Nov. 16, 1942). In 1949, he gave Inland options to test-drill nearby deposits. Eaton said these tests indicated the presence of 50 billion tons of ore, some of it with 62 to 64% iron content"-i.e., as rich as the famous Mesabi ores now nearing exhaustion. No man to belittle his holdings, Eaton grandly added: "These deposits go right down...
Army is the strong favorite to continue its Heptagonal winning streak, with Cornell and Yale the only other teams having an outside chance to win. Coach Bill McCurdy thinks his squad will crack the top five, since the bottom six teams in the ten team field are all fairly evenly matched...
...However, those who wish a less rich finale, should choose between Yaourti (a mild Yogurt) and Feta cheese. Then, either with dessert or after, comes thick coffee. There are some simple rules for drinking: Add neither cream nor sugar, and do not stir, since the coffee rests in the bottom...