Word: ironed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...reface the white painted sandstone with white marble to match the Senate and House wings. The main section of the building between the two wings, although it has been altered, is virtually all that remains of the Capitol as it was planned in 1793. Since the great cast-iron dome was built in the 1850s to replace the smaller original one, architects, including Thomas Walter, designer of the dome and Congressional wings, have argued that the east fagade should be extended so that the dome would rise from the centre of the building instead of the east portico. Some sentimentalists...
...force of gravity. Moreover, since the field at Oslo was not checked by surveying instruments, there may have been an undetected inch of deviation from absolute flatness. In that case the throw would have been an inch longer or shorter, depending on whether it was downhill or uphill. The iron ball's trajectory is such that it hits the ground at an angle of about 45°, so that the deviation in length is about equal to the irregularity of surface level...
...iron clothes, with the right hand. Keep the right knee stiff and the body's weight mainly on the right leg. Keep the left leg slightly to the rear, bending the knee and raising the heel slightly to keep the hips level...
...yard relay on he second day, Coach Ulen will swim Don Barker, Captain John Colony, Dario Berizzi, and Hutter. In addition there is a possibility that the Crimson iron-man captain-elect will compete in the 220 yard free-style event, which he won in record breaking time in the Yale contest...
...Agitated in the steel trade last week was an embargo on exports of scrap-iron and steel, which is now selling at about $23 per ton, more than 50% above the price a year ago and the highest quotation since 1923; and sending up the price of domestic steel production. In steelmaking, scrap is as important a source of raw material as iron ore. So heavy is the movement of scrap to U. S. seaports that many a railroad has had to refuse further shipments until their yards are cleared of present congestion...