Word: bricks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...broad highway from the Zuider Zee topped a beech-trimmed ridge, then dropped into the town. In the growing darkness, the steep-roofed houses spread themselves out in misty brick waves. At the hotel, a man took my suitcase and typewriter, then ushered us inside. A banquet table had been spread across the length of the dining room...
...Nanking last week, the Gimo was busy too. His day began, as usual, at 6 a.m., when he rose, scrubbed his face with cold water, and stepped on to the verandah of his simple two-story brick residence for 20 minutes of setting-up exercises...
...should reflect outside heat and absorb inside heat, passing as much of it as possible to the outside. In a cold climate, the wall should gather all possible heat from the sunlight, while keeping inside heat from moving out. Modern materials, such as sheet metal, mineral wool and glass brick, allow the architects to design efficient "filter walls...
Inch by Inch. The work of surveying the mansion, went slowly because for big sections of the house there were no blueprints. To locate old beams, test old brick, discover where generations of workmen had installed gas lines, electric wiring and plumbing, investigators were probing into walls, chipping off plaster, going over everything inch by inch...
...King George County, Virginia, flat, poor and sparsely settled, whites outnumber Negroes 2 to 1. As Virginia's constitution requires, education is "separate"; despite the U.S. Constitution, it is also unequal. King George High School (for whites only) is a modern, red brick building with central heating and inside toilets. King George Training School (for Negroes) is a frame building with stoves and outhouses. The white school taught chemistry, physics, biology, geometry and intermediate algebra; the Negro school had none of these subjects...