Word: fireproof
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...million issue at 7% this month. They found no buyers at 6% in July for two issues of $30 million and $17.5 million. The money is needed for a program of closing and replacing 42 slum schools, all of which were built before 1907, and are not fireproof...
Plainly, the Arab leaders were playing politics with the mosque fire. It scarcely seemed to matter to them that an itinerant Australian Christian had confessed to setting the blaze. Nor did Arab leaders bother to note that Al Aqsa compound, far from being fireproof, had been the scene of blazes in 1949 and 1964, during Jordanian rule. What did matter was that, because millions of Arabs reflexively held Israel responsible for the latest fire, guerrilla organizations were strengthened in their hard-line anti-Israeli positions. Arab governments adopted correspondingly tough stances in an effort to match the extremists' thunder...
...Medical School research associate is investigating how certain chemicals used in pesticides, food additives, starches, shampoos, and fireproof and crease-proof fabrics may cause genetic mutations in mice and possibly in humans...
...pavilion would have consisted of four double-walled semispheres of fireproof nylon, inflated by air pumped between the walls. Inside, the semi-sphere walls would have served as huge, curved screens for a variety of films. Visitors would ascend on escalators and stand on graduated platforms, where they would feel almost as if they were suspended in space...
...attempting to assure the missing classics a permanent fireproof posterity, Kahlenberg's job, in his own words, resembles a miniature CIA operation; the search for a missing film can only be completely conducted in the open in rare and lucky instances. Say, for example, Kahlenberg sets his sights for a print of John Ford's Air Mail (Universal, 1930), a long-gone drama of some considerable reputation. His first move is to contact Universal Pictures, which may still have a print tucked away, or know the location of one. If they do, and Kahlenberg can convince them to contribute...