Word: bricking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rank called for. Plump and spectacled, he paid little attention to the rules of purdah for Russians abroad-he was affable, a good mixer, spoke fair English, frequented hotel bars, went on fishing trips with Westerners. With his pretty blonde wife, an embassy stenographer, he lived in a comfortable brick house less than a quarter of a mile from the embassy...
...Change. A timer, attached to an engine's electric system, that keeps track of the engine's running hours and ejects a printed reminder when it is time for an oil check or other maintenance chore was brought out by Carter & Galantin, Inc. Somewhat smaller than a brick, the "Servicator" is intended primarily for automobiles and trucks, but can be used on any engine. Price...
Because of its seclusion, its distance, and its single entrance, this anomaly in brick is all that many people see of Eliot. But once inside, one discovers that Eliot does have a plan. Viewed from the inside courtyard--the largest among the houses--"the triangle with its tip chopped off" becomes apparent as one senses the design of the almost perfectly symmetrical and well proportiontd building...
...Puritan inmates live within unpretentious brick walls which aren't covered with Ivy. The rooms are large, aired by breezes from the Charles, and only six minutes from the Yard. No showers. During the winter the river can be seen through the bare trees lining Memorial Drive. Leaves make it more difficult to catch sight of the practicing crews during spring and fall...
Magna, now headquartered in a new, brick-and-glass building in Menlo Park, Calif., is still owned and operated by the three founders. While President Bob Chambers takes care of sales and advertising and Treasurer Frank Chambers looks after purchasing, Vice President Goldschmidt concentrates on inventing. Says he: Some new Magna products "will be just as revolutionary in their way as the Shopsmith...