Word: dipped
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Protection. In Hollywood, the Citizen-News was asked "How can I protect the eyes when peeling onions?"; answered "Dip them for a moment in boiling water. Then begin at the roots and peel upwards...
Three Varsity shells will dip into the ice-free waters of the Charles tomorrow of the first practice workouts of the $45 spring season. Jayvee crews will try out their oars two weeks later...
...knots at 11 a.m., and there were gusts of 75 knots. The smaller ships were already catching hell-how much hell we could not tell, for sheets of spray often cut visibility to ten yards, and we could get only an occasional peek at the smaller ships across a dip in the mountainous waves. It was in the first climax of the storm just before noon, that three brave ships capsized and died...
After our prolonged vacation, we again break out the cobwebbed pen and dip it in the inks of time. So much has happened that we could almost write a history on the subject of Kelvin "Kewpie" O'Donnell alone. For instance, Kirby G. (for Gerkin) Pickle spent his last confederate dollar taking a gal home in a taxi, Napoleon "Tommy" Thomas received a picture from a Texas belle (pronounced "bell") who calls herself "the body." The Count be Wright learned how to swim (dog paddle), Rudy Trummer had a date, S.C. won the Rose Bowl...
...Army explained that tires in service abroad are wearing out faster than expected. As heavy-tire production is already behind schedule (TIME, Aug. 21). WPB must dip into the civilian supply (many military and civilian tires are the same size). Ominously, WPB made it clear that the shortage is not temporary. To end it, WPB plans to rush construction of some $25,000,000 to $100,000,000 in new tire plants. But they will not be turning out tires for at least nine months...