Word: oak
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Lynn, Mass. 14 McTigue, John L. '59 B 21 5.10 160 Wellesley, Mass. 15 Lapinski, Edward F. '59 B 21 6.1 205 Greenfield, Mass. 16 Cashen, Henry C. '61 B 19 5.10 165 Grosse Pointe, Mich. 18 Finney, Frank R. '59 B 21 5.11 175 Royal Oak, Mich. 20 Carlin, Robert B. '60 B 19 5.10 175 Swampscott, Mass. 24 Phipps, John M. '61 B 19 5.11 165 Anaheim, Cal. 26 Connors, Matthew J. '60 B 19 6.0 170 Woodside, N.Y. 32 Caslowitz, Joel G. '59 B 20 5.7 150 Woonsocket, R.I. 33 Choquette, Paul...
...Devils of Monte Cassino the Germans held the abbey five months against heavy Allied attacks because their parachutists needed that time to bring its art treasures to the safety of the Vatican. In U-47, dashing Submariner Günther Prien plunks his torpedoes into the British battleship Royal Oak at Scapa Flow, but when his deck officer shouts "Hurrah!", whispers: "Shut up; 2,000 men have just died aboard that ship...
...machine that is causing all the excitement among the giants is put out by the pygmy-sized (104 employees) Elox Corp. of Royal Oak, Mich. It will bring, said a Ford tool expert, not only a change in carmaking but a "quiet revolution in the metal workings trades." Elox (for "electrical oxidation") machines not only make the machining of metal faster and cheaper, but they enable U.S. industry to do jobs it has never done before. Said Jerry Cornwell, purchasing agent for Avco's Lycoming Division, a prime missile contractor: "We're doing things that just couldn...
...Ceiling-to-floor (8 ft.) doors and windows that simplify building. They also improve air circulation, make the house's six rooms seem much more spacious. Another cost-cutter: African-oak floor squares laid directly on the concrete foundation slab; they are only half as thick as ordinary wood parquet flooring yet are just as durable...
...Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, were not "laid simply" away. Before the great altar in St. Peter's, where only the Pope may say Mass, the body of Pius XII lay in state for three days. Then, after final absolution, it was placed in a triple coffin (oak, lead and cypress) and interred in the most sacred spot in Christendom-below the Bernini altar near St. Peter's supposed grave, whose discovery the Pope himself announced in 1950. Buried with the Pope was a red bag containing a sample of every Vatican coin minted during his reign...