Word: main
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Here in the ancient metropolis of England, A. J. Cook took over the command of his army after its 11-day march from Wales, he having marched only part of two days with them. Anxious London "bobbies" gave them unnecessary protection as they swung through the main streets to the foot of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar square, where a Labor Magna Charta was read. There followed a meeting with Labor...
...Industrial Bureau advertised: "Here is one location they [transplanted concerns] found abundant raw materials. The finest type of labor in the world-willing, intelligent Anglo-Saxons. Plentiful plant sites. Ample hydro-electric power. Lower building costs. Invigorating climate, permitting efficient, year-round production . . . 8 great railroad systems, with 15 main lines...
...squeezed out until only 2% or 3% of gas is left in the tank. Then the top is raised and air sucked in. This procedure is repeated until the percentage of gas to air is only .004. Then the valves are shut off and the gas main is disconnected. There are, of course, lightning arresters and guards against smokers...
...They contain artificial gas. Artifical gas is made by heating coal in ovens. What remains of the coal is coke. Natural gas occurs under the earth and is pumped from wells through the mains, to customers. The longest gas main in the world connects the Texas natural gas field with Denver...
...Carl H. von Noorden of Germany had stated that he had been mistaken in glukhorment, his presumptuous substitute for insulin. Last summer he had announced from his famed metabolic clinic at Frank-furt-am-Main that the drug (which he prepared from pancreases) had benefited diabetics and had not sickened them as did insulin*(TIME...