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Word: duckings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Up from the Mud | 3/20/1944 | See Source »

...rounds of ammunition. Johnny Wine used that in one burst. We were a dead duck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEN AT WAR: Seven Died | 2/21/1944 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Duck Duck Eggs | 1/31/1944 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Duck Duck Eggs | 1/31/1944 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Duck Duck Eggs | 1/31/1944 | See Source »

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