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Word: mudding (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...from the face of the island. Few in the wall's path had time to escape. Injured victims of previous smaller slides were caught, their legs and arms torn from their bodies by the onrush of debris. A corps of carpenters constructing wooden coffins saw a mass of mud moving down a valley, were themselves buried alive. Mothers tried to herd their young to safety as the slithering ground under their feet swept whole families to death. One seven-acre area was covered by a 20-ft. layer of clay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITISH WEST INDIES: Rain | 12/5/1938 | See Source »

Looking at the issues in the French general strike, which according to most reports failed in its attempt to stop all economic activity for one day, is like facing mud puddles. It is difficult to determine whether the opposition of the "Confederation Generale du Travail" to Premier Daladier's thirty-two decree daws, one of which suspended the forty-hour week, represents' a struggle between labor and capital or between anarchy and order. Or, whether the conflict is one between communism and fascism, or communism and democracy. The French themselves are as much confused as observers here and abroad; every...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOR DEMOCRACY'S SAKE | 12/1/1938 | See Source »

When interviewed over the phone last night by this correspondent from the CRIMSON, Mr. Frost said that although he was still uncertain about all the poems he would read, he had already made several choices. These included the following: "A Speek," "Departmental," "The Silken Therad," "Two Tramps in Mud-Time," "Happiness Makes Up in Height For What It Lacks In Length," "Birches," and "The Time Gang...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Frost Will Give Readings of His Personal Works | 11/30/1938 | See Source »

Left wing Howie Mendel starved for the Crimson by scoring both goals in the Eli mud. Yale opened up in the first period when Erikson scored on a well placed corner kick which slipped into the goal through alert Put Williams...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOOTERS BEAT ELI 2-1; END SEASON UNDEFEATED | 11/21/1938 | See Source »

...bentonite. Mined in Canada and the western U. S., bentonite is a kind of clay which has the property of swelling when it is wetted, absorbing up to ten times its own volume of water. It is used for foundry molding, in tooth pastes, face powder and facial mud packs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Alsifilm | 11/7/1938 | See Source »

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