Word: corks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...port, Dewey Kile: "I came off at 8 o'clock. At 8:30 I went to my bunk. At 10:30 I was awakened by a crash. Some of the cork from the lining of the inside of the submarine hit me in the face...
...valuable esculent near Quito onetime Peruvian possession, now capital of Ecuador. In 1553, a Seville chronicle mentions it under the name of "battata" or "papa." Later the potato spread to Italy and Belgium, where it did not "take." In 1585, Sir Walter Raleigh planted it on his estate near Cork, Ireland, where is multiplied...
...fellowships who will be in residence at the University next year are: Frank P. Chambers of Clare College, Cambridge University, who will study in the School of Architecture; Martin A. Peacock of Glasgow University Scotland, who will continue his work in geology; and J. F. Whelan of University College. Cork, who will study in the field of literature. Under the provisions of the Commonwealth Fund, which was established in 1918 by the late Mrs. Stephen V. Harkness, the recipients of the awards will receive on the average of $3000 a year for study in this country and for extended travel...
...born in County Cork to Senor Visian de Valera, a Spaniard, and the onetime Kate Coll of Limerick...
...expected would reach 50° to 60° below zero during part of their journey towards the Pole, and that it would keep within doors heat adequate for comfort. They might have taken along "Balsam Wool" (Wood Conversion Co., Cloquet, Minn.), "Fibrofelt" (Union Fibre Co., Winona, Minn.), "Corkboard" (Armstrong Cork & Insulation Co., Pittsburgh), "Insulite" (Insulite Co., Minneapolis), "Garrettite" (C. S. Garrett Co., Philadelphia), "Quilt" (Samuel Cabot Co., Boston), or "Mineral Wool" (U.S. Mineral Wool Co., Manhattan)-all of which are excellent insulating materials widely used in building...