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Deep in the jungle on the southern fringe of Motilon territory, Holder did find one Indian who lived with an old woman, presumably his mother. His house was of hardwood poles with attic loopholes for last-ditch defense. Around it were three concentric palisades. Holder crawled through small holes in the defenses and interviewed the Indian, who was friendly enough not to shoot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Unspoiled Primitives | 5/5/1947 | See Source »

Morgenthaler could never be mistaken for Nijinsky on a hardwood floor, but he makes baskets, and his cohorts seem to have learned the knack of how to feed him in the pivot position. Neither Barclay nor George Hauptfuhrer, who will probably play Morgenthaler if the Varsity uses a man-to-man defense, would comment yesterday on the Harvard strategy of guarding the Huge Man, but defensive maneuvers have been worked out in practice sessions...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: Crimson Five Returns to Action Tonight, Facing B.C.--and Morgenthaler-- at Garden | 2/4/1947 | See Source »

...when the blast came. The props in my place were twisted and blown down. We ran out into the slope and saw several men sprawled around . . . [and] helped them to the foot of the shaft. . . . Boulders as big as kitchen tables had been blown around. . . . Mine cars made of hardwood were blown into splinters. Tracks were twisted. . . . Seven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PENNSYLVANIA: The Enemy | 1/27/1947 | See Source »

...Houses. Lumber production for September was three billion board feet, 14% less than in August. A decline in production of other much-needed housing materials-brick & tile, plumbing fixtures, gypsum board-was partially offset by an increase in production of hardwood flooring, cement, clay sewer pipe, cast-iron soil pipe, and asphalt roofing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Improvement | 11/4/1946 | See Source »

...from the Arctic and out onto the great plains, and warned wheatgrowers to hurry with the last of the harvesting. Along the country roads of Ontario and Quebec, the white breath of horses pulling farm wagons marked the imminence of winter as much as the opulent piles of stacked hardwood in the sheds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: THE DOMINION: Thanksgiving, 1945 | 10/22/1945 | See Source »

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