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Brick Veneer. To get around the disadvantages of conventional bricks, which are heavy, costly to transport, and cannot be laid easily in cold weather, Chicago's Ludowici-Celadon Co. has developed Nail-On, a hard clay brick ¾ in. thick. It can be nailed to a wall through a lip protruding along its top edge; the bottom edge of the next brick overlaps the lip to form a neat joint. Mortar can be applied whenever builder and weather are ready...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Dec. 5, 1955 | 12/5/1955 | See Source »

Mundane things have meant much to me . . . mundane, not material things. I care more for a beautiful celadon vase than for costly jewels. . . . Also I am more or less skeptical. ... I do not yet believe in predigested religion in palatable, sugar-coated doses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Chiang's Testimony | 4/26/1943 | See Source »

...Young Celadon the bashful fair surveys...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CELADON AND CHLOE. | 2/11/1881 | See Source »

...Young Celadon, the sprightliest of the swains...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CELADON AND CHLOE. | 2/11/1881 | See Source »

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