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Word: dusts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this flotsam, however, the editors do reveal a general attitude in their preference for the humorous. Guy Davenport's cover reflects the nature of their rebellion against the dust-dry Quarterlies, his artsy Greeks standing about whimsically in one-eyed observation. If Audience champions anything, it is laughter as a respectable occupation of the literati...

Author: By Frank R. Safford, | Title: Audience | 5/28/1957 | See Source »

...final word: the publishers have seen fit to place on the front of the dust jacket part of Graves' own description of his book as follows: "A novel filled with sex, drink, dope, horse racing, incest, suicides, murders, scandalous legal proceedings, cross examinations, inquests and a good public hanging." None of these are described in the titillating detail which might be expected. The book, however, is a good study of a bad character, and another, though tiny, star in Mr. Graves' crown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Historical Novel By Robert Graves | 5/23/1957 | See Source »

...document lists the following six "facts" as good reason for University action: "1) Warm weather is approaching; 2) This pool is our only recreational facility, hitherto unused; 3) Adams House has its pool; 4) This facility is vacant, serving no present purpose except to gather dust; 5) The pool appears to be in good condition and should not be excessively expensive to reopen, and 6) We feel that this is a reasonable request, that we should rightfully have the use of this pool...

Author: By Lewis M. Steel, | Title: Inhabitants in Claverly Hall Seek Reopening of Dust-Covered Pool | 5/17/1957 | See Source »

...shield, Northway opened the 800-lb. shipping container, took out the sealed metal canister full of deadly pellets and put it on a remotely controlled lathe. When the lathe's tool cut into the metal, there was something like an explosion. Compressed gas in the canister blew radioactive dust into the air and touched off the radiation alarm system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Plague of Iridium 192 | 5/13/1957 | See Source »

...Unseen Dust. The hot cell-the shielded space-was closed after a fashion, but no one seemed to realize that hotly radioactive dust was being carried by air currents over the top of its six-foot walls. Unseen, unfelt and unsuspected, it moved around the building, getting into clothes and shoes. An attempt at cleanup was made, but the spill was not reported...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Plague of Iridium 192 | 5/13/1957 | See Source »

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