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...decreasing from six years to three the lime limit within which a conspiracy must be prosecuted after the act (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORRUPTION: Oil Everlasting | 2/6/1928 | See Source »

...failure to rescue S-4 survivors, the most notable evidence brought out was that the officers in charge had not known about the trick of passing air through a submarine's "ears" (S.C. tubes) until too late; that Navy bureaucracy was at fault for the S-4 lacking soda lime (air purifier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Judgment Pending | 1/30/1928 | See Source »

...Childs H. Baker Jr. called for a drink. A small native with shoe-button eyes trotted briskly up to him, pushing a white three-wheeled barrow; in the barrow were the materials for making drinks. Surprised by this display of ingenuity, Childs H. Baker selected a concoction of gin, lime-juices, ice & fizzy water. As he quaffed, he became thoughtful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Progress: In the Home | 11/28/1927 | See Source »

...Magnesite is an ore much mined in the U. S. In its crude form it is used for steel making. With lime, it is a filler in rubber making. It is also used in fireproof cement and insulating materials. . . . The President raised the U. S. tariff 50% on imported magnesite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Coolidge Week: Nov. 21, 1927 | 11/21/1927 | See Source »

...igloos. Their orifices are plugged up and a fire lit under a stout grating upon which the raw bricks are piled. In six to ten days they are burned hard and useful. Their red color is the result of iron in the clay and sand. White bricks come of lime added to a specially prepared clay. Various minerals added to the base clay give "tapestry" bricks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Better Bricks | 10/10/1927 | See Source »

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