Word: irone
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last thing anybody would take James Henry ("Slim") Carmichael Jr. for is an air pilot. Tall, gaunt, pale, anemic, he looks much more like an undernourished ledger clerk. But "Slim" Carmichael is an iron-nerved airman who got his training in a tough school: flying passengers over the Alleghenies in single-motored Lockheeds. One night last week his nerves and training stood him in good stead...
...Angeles, Galen Gough, vaudeville strongman, celebrated his third week of nourishing himself exclusively on beer by drinking his 285th bottle, showing reporters he had lost 25 of his 260 pounds, could still twist an iron...
Anniversary. It was in 1635 that John Winthrop the Younger, son of Massachusetts' second Governor, returned from a visit to England as the first Governor of Connecticut, with a commission from Lords Saye and Brook empowering him to develop the production of salt, iron, glass, potash, tar, black lead, saltpetre, medicines, copper, alum...
...greenhouse, 19 x 8 ft., has insulating walls consisting of two iron sheets with the 6-in. space between them filled by tightly packed sawdust. Only the south side of its roof is of glass. Heat & light are provided by ten 500-watt lamps which hang close over the plants in double rows and can be raised as the plants grow higher. A thermostat turns on the lights if the temperature drops below 62°, turns them off at 68°. Even a little sunshine keeps the insulated structure warm enough to keep the lights off. On the average...
Spring basketball will last but three weeks. In that paltry time Fesler will endeavor to iron out the faults in technical execution of the elementals that his charges may show, and will form some idea as to his prospects for next year. The busy-like-bees atmosphere and the delightfully athletic smell of the upper reaches of the Athletic Building bode well for the next winter. The team ought to be a good one. By TIME...