Word: cementation
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Suddenly, at the No. 5 elevator of the Saskatchewan Pool Terminal, Ltd., where the Sonora was loading, a pillar of flame shot 300 ft. skyward. There was an earth-shaking roar, heard several miles away. No. 5's cement walls, towering 180 ft. above dock level, fell apart like cardboard. The top four floors of the big bin were sheared away, and fell in a death-dealing avalanche of concrete and twisted steel, smashing nearby freight cars pancake flat. Concrete pillars, 2 ft. square, were tossed through the air like matchsticks...
...brand-new general threw himself into the task of fortifying this land. Everywhere military installations were under construction. The general moved around, cutting red tape and finding short cuts. When cement did not arrive on time, he used stone. When milled lumber failed to show up, he cut down trees. When planes did not arrive on time to man his new airfields, he sent a terse telegram to Washington: FIELD READY FOR FIRST PLANE-FRIENDLY OR ENEMY...
...Dodgson loved romance - but all he did about it was write a sad little satire about a young man who, on seeing a sign reading "Shop of Romance-ment," joyfully became an apprentice -only to find that the sign really read "Shop of Roman Cement." He loved the theater - but when he met beautiful Actress Irene Vanbrugh he could think of nothing to talk about but the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England. Of dazzling Actress Ellen Terry he made what was probably the most passionate declaration of his life: "I can imagine no more delightful occupation...
Cold, drizzling rain turned the Freshman cinder track to mud yesterday and forced Varsity track practice in under the protective cement uprights of the stadium, where it will continue until the weather improves...
...true number would be hard to establish. Both burial grounds were over grown with weeds and briers. Hanging from some of the crosses were dog tags with addresses in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Colorado, Rhode Island and Iowa. The Japanese had put up a rough cement cross with the inscription: IN MEMORY OF AMERICAN DEAD O'DONNELL WAR PERSONNEL ENCLOSURE ERECTED BY IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY But O'Donnell itself was monument enough...