Word: clay
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Students at New York's City College have become accustomed to discovering that their pompous college officials have feet of clay. Four years ago they tittered when their president, bland Dr. Frederick B. Robinson, wrote an article for Bernarr Macfadden's sensational True Story Magazine. Last week City College's students caught another member of the administration in an embarrassing position...
...Balley's boat are: Turner, Pierce, Ijams, Clay, Locke, Morgan, Loomis, Phippen...
...million lend-spend dollars, representing 45% of the cost of a $40,000,000 7.6-mile subway system which Chicago must start building before January 1, and must have substantially completed by June 30, 1940. To be tunneled at a depth of 35 feet through the stratum of blue clay underlying Chicago's 25 feet of largely-filled in elevation above Lake Michigan, its two lines will lead from existing "L" trackage on the North Side, shortcutting some trains into the "Loop" from outlying areas with time savings of as much as 16 to 20 minutes, and bringing rapid...
...combinations too great for their artistry, but once in a great while a dramatist avoids the overemphasis of one hue to the exclusion of all others and sometimes he avoids the dilemma of a canvass splattered with all hues. When he has done this he has created a clay in which the pertinent colors are mixed with such subtlety and craftsmanship that a mere kaleidoscopic pattern takes form and breathes and becomes a living picture--a picture of Life...
...Clay," says Professor Chiera, "is practically indestructible." This is especially true if the clay has been baked, as some of the cuneiform writings were. Unbaked clay crumbles if left to weather on the surface, but if buried in moist ground it remains intact indefinitely. If it is dirty, it can be brushed vigorously without hurting the writing. In the mounds which were piled up by the debris of Babylonian cities built one on top of another the author estimates that 99% of history's cuneiform writings still await discovery. The Babylonians and Assyrians wrote a great deal-records...