Word: duckings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...involves a powdered resin called Stabinol. The powder is spread on the soil, a few pounds per square yard; then it is harrowed in six inches deep and the soil is packed hard with a steam roller. The result is a smooth, dry surface that sheds water like a duck's back. It is good for tennis courts, athletic fields, earth dams-and especially for roads. The Army has already begun to use it for roads and airfields...
...rounds of ammunition. Johnny Wine used that in one burst. We were a dead duck...
There is only one case of duck-egg Salmonella infection on record in the U.S. (in a Kansas orphanage). Reason: 1) U.S. ducks are usually Salmonella-free; 2) their eggs are seldom eaten...
Soldiers who like duck eggs had better restrain their appetites when they invade Europe or the Dutch East Indies. Duck eggs often contain a variety of Salmonella -bacteria which cause paratyphoid fevers and intestinal disorders...
Many European duck eggs are infected. About a third of the ducks in The Netherlands are carriers of Salmonella. According to Dutch law, duck eggs cannot be used in commercial preparation of food or drink, nor kept where food is being prepared, since the outsides of eggshells are even more likely to be infected than the yolks. Dutch duck eggs must be stamped: Ducks' eggs-boil for ten minutes. Germany has a similar...