Word: inches
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Inch Single...
...issue of that periodical is published simultaneously in Braille by the American Printing House for the Blind in Louisville. There is very slight resemblance in format as the greater bulk necessitated by the embossed letters results in three volumes, each 13½ in. by 11 in. and over an inch thick, instead of the pocket-size edition for those who can see. Originally each issue was incorporated in one volume, but this style book was too bulky for convenient handling. Even though they are surprisingly able to print on both sides of the pages, each month's issue weighs...
...Pacific, 150 ships, some 65,000 men were idle, but neither strikers nor shipowners would give an inch. So discouraged was Mediator Edward F. McGrady, Assistant Secretary of Labor, that he bought a ticket for Washington canceled it only on orders from Madam Secretary Perkins. At week's end he felt somewhat better as both sides agreed to resume parleys, the strikers agreed to unload perishable goods...
...Valencia with luckless General José Miaja who had been left behind to defend the capital. He rushed from the phone to issue a blustering manifesto: "Courage! Our victory is certain. My mission is to defend Madrid at all costs. You must give up your lives before yielding another inch of ground!" Meanwhile Madrid syndicalist newspapers excitedly explained the Government's flight. If the Whites were able to catch and imprison its members, they argued, then foreign powers would have no choice but to recognize Generalissimo Franco as actual head of the Spanish State. Only this consideration, the journals...
...each side of each intersection Engineer Dorsey removed the straight white stripe, substituted a stripe with a snake-like wriggle. In the white paint are millions of glass beads one twenty-thousandth of an inch in diameter, making the wavy line a streak of fire in the headlights. Observing that 64% of California crashes occur at night, he explained that it would take time to test his signal's efficiency. Typical driver reaction was that of Fire Chief Ralph Scott. Encountering the wriggle for the first time, he snorted to his wife: "You know, I'm not drunk...