Word: decks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...rafts are currently of riveted construction due to lack of a satisfactory method of welding." ¶A chemical fire extinguisher, which, when used around electrical equipment, will not generate phosgene or other poisonous gases. ¶A "non-slipping" shoe sole, "which will give good footing on an oily, steel deck of a ship rolling as much...
Fistfuls from Firehouse. Because Check is played with a 48-card pinochle deck (i.e., two ordinary 52-card decks with all cards below the nine discarded), every deal is bound to provide a fistful of aces, kings and queens. Bridge players, accustomed to holding a number of "bust" hands during an evening of play, will perk up at such a splash of face cards. Then, too, whereas bridge games often drag out as hands are passed because they are too evenly distributed, almost every Check deal gives either side a chance to bid and make a contract...
Onto the Mahroussa's immaculate deck stalked the eldest of Ibn Saud's 40 sons, a dozen of his dignitaries. King Farouk inclined his plump person in a cordial bow. Then they all went ashore, where a city of silken tents had sprung up overnight. For the first time ever, massive, majestic Ibn Saud, absolute ruler of the biggest, near-medieval Arab state, and King Farouk, ruler of the wealthiest, most progressive Arab state, exchanged the traditional obeisances of greeting. The two sovereigns had long been rivals for the leadership of still unborn Pan-Arabia...
...after box was manhandled up to the deck, passed to the small boats, nosing against the big hull like a prodigious litter of hungry pigs. Office workers, off-duty firemen, taxi drivers jolted out from Halifax, 18 miles away, to share in the bonanza. Cases of field rations were broken open on the shore, their cigarets and candy snatched out, the rest of the contents scattered over the rocks...
Heavy Seas at Zero. All the heavy deck cargo and 50,000 cases from below deck were salvaged. Even when stiff winds blew the temperature down to zero, the men swarmed over the ice-covered wreck, which threatened to break...