Word: dulled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...There is little pleasure for a conquering hero to find his homeland turned into a half-Sahara. But even passing through the dull, dun, desiccated lands, he was a hero, for after him came RAIN. Within a few hours of his passing, showers followed along his route through Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota. Within three days the heat broke and rain fell, heavy rain, prolonged rain?from Colorado to Kentucky?sopping the dust, promising to save the remnant of this season's crops...
...success opened the eyes of Editor Ross to the importance of the Manhattan socialite, to the fact that Broadway gossip sounds dull on Park Avenue...
...protect me from vanity and pride which dull the reason! But I believe-without pride-that my Cabinet colleagues and I have improved the situation of France which previously was comparable to that of a house of cards...
...found it advisable to keep their plants at medium humidity while making powder for shrapnel shells. Rayon manufacturers are heavy users of air conditioning because rayon is highly sensitive to moisture at every stage of manufacture. Big candy makers use conditioners to keep the air dry since chocolate becomes dull and grey, loses its smooth dark lustre when exposed to moisture. Air conditioners for factories, theatres, stores are almost in variably basement installations where the air is cooled and washed in subsurface coils, sent up through the building in pipes...
Last week the New York Commodity Exchange celebrated its first anniversary under one roof. Silk had been dull for more than a year. Hide sales had dropped 47,000,000 lb. Copper, restricted by NRA price controls, had been inactive for months, as had tin, affected by cartels abroad. Trading in silver futures slumped off three weeks ago when the Silver Purchase Act slapped a 50% tax on the profits of silver speculators. Only rubber continued to be active. Last week the Commodity Exchange, casting about for other staples in which its 950 members could do business, established a futures...