Word: lighter
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Slaker. In Elmira, N.Y., thirsty Merrill E. Whiting looked around the house for something to drink, found, downed -and survived - a mixture of turpentine, varnish remover, lighter fluid, camphor, shaving lotion...
...clouds piled in grey threat on threat and a blue darkness settled on the land. In the San Juan valley the darker greens seemed black and the lighter green of grass, a chilling wet blue. 'Sweetheart' came rolling heavily along the highway and the aluminum paint on her gleamed with the evil...
...Including 106-lb. Jockey Doug Dodson and a pound and a half of saddle. The rest was lead, in serted in a pad under the saddle, since the track handicapper had given Armed the maximum weight to carry. The added weight slows a horse down, gives lighter-weight lesser lights a chance...
...classwork at boarding schools, he said, is lighter than in a public school, but teachers are also called on to take charge of dorms, coach sports, and run extra-curricular activities. "Our task is different from a day-school," Saltonstall added. "We have a big chance to share in the life of the kids, to extend them and experiment with teaching techniques...
Coached by wily old Gus Peterson, Columbia always has a capable grappling team if not a balanced one, and this year seems to follow the rules of history. Like the Crimson, the Lions are weak in the lighter classes and strong in the heavier ones with O'Shaughnessy and Horvath in the 175-pound class their strongest positions...