Word: methodism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Rubenstein employed the "true fresco" technique for the murals, a method used by the great Italian masters of the Renaissance. In this style the painting is done directly on the damp, freshly plastered wall. Since the plaster remains damp only for about fourteen hours, the artist must work quickly and must plan his work carefully day by day. He must plaster only as large an area as he can complete in a single day's work. The pigment employed in the "true fresco" technique is mixed with slaked lime and water, while the retouching of the various seams made...
...among girls' schools not so much for its fashionableness and its stiff scholastic standards as for the fact that it perfectly reflects the imperious personality of its headmistress. Last week Miss Ruutz-Rees, still going strong at 71, took it into her head to retire. Characteristic was her method. She directed her alumnae association to buy the school from her, and immediately her Rosemarians began laying plans...
...business. Everyone agrees that it is cheaper to handle a few large orders than many small ones but in a mixed business it is almost impossible to determine precisely what the saving is. To circumvent this legal and accounting problem U. S. Rubber Co. last week announced a novel method of meeting the Robinson-Patman Act. After the turn of the year a new subsidiary called U. S. Tire Dealers Mutual Co. will purchase tires from the parent company on an equal footing with big buyers like motor-makers and mail-order houses. Mutual will handle all distribution, passing...
...found the next morning that they had slept almost beside the spring they were trying to find. Shorty believed that Death Valley got so hot that gas rose out of the ground. He said the ducks carried canteens when they flew over it. Travel ing by burro, the slowest method of transportation known to man, he was al ways in a great hurry to get from one desolate point to another just as desolate...
...soft waxes are for climbing, and medium waxes are used for both up and down hill. There are some exceptions to the above, as Lard wax will soften as the temperature rises. The climbing properties of waxes are increased if the wax is applied thickly, the most satisfactory method being to build it up in layers. However, many skillful skiers know nothing of the intricasics...