Word: cottoned
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This system, essentially unchanged, is still used in much of Egypt. It is no good for growing cotton and other long-season crops, so it has been supplanted in the lower valley by dams and canals that make year-round irrigation possible. For the modern system, the irregularity of the Nile is a serious matter. During the annual flood, much water goes out to sea unused; during the rest of the year, there is not enough water. A great deal more acreage could be devoted to the valuable long-season crops if the Nile could be forced to flow steadily...
...story concerns a Manhattan artist, Joseph Cotton, who is striving to find himself, and the, unreal Jenny, or Jennifer Jones, who becomes his inspiration. He meets her first in Central Park, notes her pre-World. War costume and later discovers the newspaper she is clutching dates from the turn of the century. As he grows to know her better, the artist becomes more wary of the ethereal quality of his friend and there are several good scenes as the two talk about the future and the past, one never believing the other, but never really doubting. His Portrait of Jenny...
...nylon, issued a somewhat huffy communique. Strong acids "degrade" (weaken) nylon yarn, and soot particles sometimes contain enough sulphuric acid to do the deed. But it does not happen often. Except to a few uncommon chemicals, DuPont insisted, nylon is at least as resistant as silk, rayon or cotton...
...significant downward trend in prices has been noticed or is foreseen by seven Square merchants questioned by the CRIMSON yesterday. While slight price drops have occurred in furniture, cotton goods, and certain foods, the merchants indicated that hikes in the cost of woollens and meat are a distinct possibility this spring...
...year ago, the uneasiness on the grain market quickly spread to the stock market. The Dow-Jones industrial average fell 3.52 points for the week to 175.60, wiping out all the gains since mid-December (at the start of this week it dropped again). The New York Cotton Exchange quivered sympathetically; prices tumbled 95? to $1.30 a bale...