Word: bridgeworks
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...Service battalions and Storm Troops in Germany's slice of Poland last week were "Reconstruction and Germanization!" Nearly all important bridges had been destroyed, either by German bombers or retreating Polish troops, and the first big job of the Labor Service was floating pontoons and patching up Polish bridgework which could be repaired. Meanwhile, the arms and eagles of Poland were torn down from municipal buildings, replaced by the swastika, and Polish street names were swiftly changed to German. The principal stores, hotels and business houses were left in the possession of their Polish owners and staffs...
...substantial number of her Temple addicts still loyal, she put on a garment of white chiffon which could be swished out behind her like a pair of wings, and preached a stirring sermon about her Cause. Into a "defense pot'' Four Square Gospelers tossed money, jewelry, gold bridgework...
...disposal upon taking up my residence in some State of the Union with favorable climate, the other half being invested as capital in a government bank at 5%." Dr. Jenkins was to sound out U. S. opinion but his noncommittal reply proved him wise on subjects other than bridgework. The correspondence was published last week. Dentist Jenkins' son, Leonard A. Jenkins of New Haven, let Writer Julian Seaman have it for the New York Times...
Subsequent examination developed that a pugilist is no stronger than his bridgework. Sharkey's right fist had torn loose one of McTigue's substitute molars. This tooth, driven through the upper gum, had met a large artery; caused a hemorrhage; lost the battle for its owner...
...oddity of the occasion impressed the audience as it depressed the chorus, it cannot sanely be considered a precedent for future generations. Nor can the novel method of resisting religious discipline adopted yesterday in the same college when gum erred from its primrose path to the ever moving bridgework and settled into the locks of the chapel doors...