Word: lid
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Francisco earthquake of 1906, he was first informed that the factory was "undoubtedly destroyed." Instead, the factory was "miraculously saved." After that, the Kerrs never doubted that God was on their side. When the two-piece lid (invented in their kitchen in 1915) boosted their business, Kerr gratefully took to putting tithing leaflets in every case of jars...
...work list. With Budget Director James E. Webb and Assistant Director Frank Pace Jr., he dug into his daily fiscal sessions with the stern attitude of a bank examiner. He startled Webb and Pace with his grasp of budget problems. He piqued military chieftains by refusing to raise the lid on the $15 billion limit which he had clamped on 1949 military expenditures. He was firmly convinced that a larger amount would do more harm than good to the nation's economic structure...
Lloyd Harper's freshman basketball team raises the lid on Harvard's 1948-49 basketball season Saturday night when it engages the Brown Cubs in Providence before the varsity game...
Henry Lamar's Freshman eleven raises the lid on this afternoon's Crimson-Bruin football when it meets a strong Brown cub team at 12 noon on Soldiers Field...
...Harvard crew officially lifts the lid on its 1948-49 campaign tomorrow morning with the annual Armistice Day intra-squad race on the Charles. The traditional duel is scheduled...