Word: paints
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Trust of the U.S.S.R. had gone to work, covering Moscow's wrinkled face with layers of magic makeup. Almost overnight the Bolshoi Theater turned a shade of blushing pink; other buildings were newly yellow, light green and blue. Reported a visitor: "It looks like an explosion in a paint factory...
...Pfeiffer, a lawyer evicted from the Smallholders, as the only anti-Communist politician of consequence in Hungary, and the Red goon squads went enthusiastically to work on Pfeiffer's Independence Party. They broke up a meeting at Szentes, 80 miles southeast of Budapest, by throwing eggs, vegetables, yellow paint and bricks. A newsman was deafened, temporarily at least, when struck on the ear by a cantaloupe...
Like This, See? In St. Louis, the Morris Paint Co. painted one-half of a staircase with fire-resistant paint, proudly asked city officials in to observe the resistance, set it afire, stared as the whole thing burned down...
...Finnish exports went for reparations; in 1946, 30%; and the expected figure for 1947 is only 15%. This mushrooming trade, now largely with the U.S., has enabled Finns to paint their shutters, fix the roof of the sauna (Finnish bath), refurbish their wardrobes, repair streets and roads...
...scaffolding, which caused the speculations, will be taken down when the job is finished in two or three weeks, he said. The weather vane and the small yellow painted cupola will be gilded while the tower dome will get another coat of blue paint...