Word: brush
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...cause of the catastrophic burning of the giant dirigible Hindenburg, pronounced at Lakehurst three weeks after the disaster (TIME, May 31): A Report by the U. S. Department of Commerce corroborating Eckener's reasoning that atmospheric electricity (otherwise known as St. Elmo's fire or "brush discharge") accumulated on the ship must have ignited leaking hydrogen. Weighed and rejected by the investigating committee were theories of sabotage, broken propeller, ignition by radio spark, structural failure, lightning...
...salt shaker with a rotatable brush inside the cap for clearing the perforations of caked salt...
...with the pump and to manage his epiglottis so that nothing but air is sucked into his lungs. Otherwise, he would certainly develop pneumonia and die. To reduce the danger of germs getting into his lungs, his two Chinese nurses wear gauze over their mouths and noses when they brush his teeth, shave him, wipe his nose, or deal otherwise with his head...
...which he is commonly known. The same room contains a bronze relief, done in 1914, of a painting. The Judgment of Paris, done in 1908 and now the property of Actor Charles Laughton. Racked by arthritis during the last 20 years of his life, Renoir had to have his brush strapped to his arm to go on painting, could sculpture only with the help of one of his pupils...
Emilie and Marie each have 17 teeth, the others 16. They can now brush their own teeth, comb their own hair, dress themselves completely (except for shoe-tying), go to the toilet alone. They feed themselves and for the past month have been carrying their empty dishes from the table to the pantry...