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Word: cools (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Some skiers prefer a wax base. The best waxes for this purpose are Ostbye "Klister" or "Skaresmoring." A fine coating should be applied which must be rubbed into the wood with the hand and then rubbed smooth with a cloth. If should be allowed to cool and harden before applying the surface...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SKOAL TO THE WAX HOUND | 12/18/1936 | See Source »

...real art of waxing comes in combining various forms of waxes. For instance, on a long tour the snow at the starting point is fairly wet, but a few hundred feet above it is freezing. For this one can put on an original coating of medium," allow it to cool, and cover it with a very thin coating of "mix." The "mix" will glide well over the dry snow at the beginning of the run down, and will wear off soon after reaching the wet snow, then the under coating of medium will serve its purpose...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SKOAL TO THE WAX HOUND | 12/18/1936 | See Source »

...bought a newspaper and found his pockets empty." Spending much time in Morris' home, where the only social drawbacks were Shaw's vegetarianism and Mrs. Morris' aloof silences, Shaw soon fell in love with Morris' beautiful daughter, May. The equally beautiful, stately and cool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Shaw's Friends | 12/14/1936 | See Source »

...Paraffin is poured on the subject's hands, peeled off when cool, tested with a hypersensitive nitric reagent. If nitrate (as from gunpowder) is present, purplish pinpoints will appear in the paraffin. The test is highly inconclusive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KENTUCKY: General & Widow | 11/23/1936 | See Source »

...story across without laying it on the line, and they could handle this one in that familiar technique. . . . One can only decide that in the present case the press of England has lifted its cap to a fast grounder and let it roll to the outfield to cool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Queen Wallis' | 11/9/1936 | See Source »

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