Word: clayed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...least, we're told he did)-But that our TIME with clay is shod...
...President had two shotguns with him and braved a chilly drizzle to fire at some clay pigeons on the club grounds. He broke 19 out of 25. Next day he tried it again, but missed the first few. He asked Col. Starling if there was anything wrong with the trap. No, said Col. Starling, but let the President watch out for the strong crossing wind...
...This claim naturally hinged on statistics. There was a fat volume of them, gathered quietly in Manhattan during the past six months. Figures showing the increase of imported wares between 1920 and 1927 were copious and astonishing. Glass products had mounted from $14,000,000 to $30,000,000; clay products from $15,000,000 to $23,000,000; boots and shoes from $700,000 to $5,000,000. Photo-Engravers, Tobaccomen, Hatters, Metal workers. Bookbinders, Lithographers and many others studied similarly distressing data. Finally they issued a manifesto of principles and purposes. Among them: Labor demands representation...
...Semitic Museum has come the archaeological and inscriptional material. The inscribed clay tablets, some two thousand in number, rank first in importance. It is understood that we shall return a portion of these to the Museum at Bagdad, after publication of the inscriptions in this country. From some hundreds found in one of the rooms excavated, Professor Chiera, while still at Nuzi, selected 107 and copied them on 100 plates. These will appear at an early date as a volume of the "Harvard Semitic Series...
...Mesopotamia. Some bread, wheat, barley, peas and pistachio nuts were dumped into the bins of a great temple at Kirkuk, Iraq, some 3.500 years ago. They were still there, although carbonized, when diggers recently uncovered the building. Nearby was the home of a rich family. Clay records tell of their marriages and adoptions, their business in slaves, securities, and goods, their loans, deposits and lawsuits...