Word: bricking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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From the bleak jargon of real estate listings, it was hard to recognize the old place: "A twelve-story brick and limestone hotel building equipped with steam heat (oil burner), hot water . . . two Otis drum elevators . . . three dining rooms, bar and 143 rentable units...
Boasting a number of experienced ball-players and a brick-wall defense, the Leverett Bunnies are confident of confounding any odds-makers who have them as the underdog because of their ragged offensive. They showed power against Kirkland last week in a scrimmage and may well emulate their champion predecessors...
Tooth & Nail. In Mineola, L.I., Walter Szymkow, booked as an auto theft suspect, pulled a four-inch nail out of the station floor, bent it between his teeth, broke a brick in two, pulverized it with his fist, excused his actions by explaining that he was embarrassed, never having been arrested before...
...even with the added shillings earned by sons John (14), Frank (12) and Leonard (11) as errand boys, motherly Mrs. Naylor has sometimes found it hard to pay the rent on their poky brick cottage and feed a family of 17, not to mention the two cats (Monty & Piddly), a mongrel dog, Billy the canary, two pigs, 16 chickens and a duck. Nevertheless, says Mrs. Naylor of her brood: "I wouldn't be without one of them...
...Washington. D.C., where many talk but few listen, spare, sharp-profiled Rev. A. (for Arthur) Powell Davies, 44, is a man who is heard. Every Sunday his congregation* at the chaste, red brick, All Souls' Unitarian Church overflows from the church auditorium into adjacent halls and recreation rooms. Reason: his 35-minute sermons are protein-rich with wit, wisdom, sincerity and invective. His preaching has made Welsh-born Powell Davies one of America's outstanding liberal clergymen...