Word: pense
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Pens & Runways. The new prison pens, intended to house no more than 520 men each, measure some 200 by 155 ft. and are surrounded by a double fence of barbed wire. They are arranged in groups of eight in larger enclosures, which are also fenced with double barriers of barbed...
The bug-eyed cupids that support the baroque ceiling of the Quai d'Orsay's famed Clock Room have seen some sights in their time. In 1928, they looked down as diplomats, in high hope of a better world, signed the Kellogg peace pact, forever outlawing war. In...
When men's summer suits made out of new synthetic fabrics appeared last y»ar, they were little more than a novelty. Supplies, from the pilot plants first built by the big chemical companies (Du Pont, Union Carbide, etc.), were so limited that few customers could get suits...
Unscientific Method. This is exactly what the late Edgar James Helms had in mind when he founded Goodwill Industries. In 1902 Helms, a young Methodist preacher, sent out an appeal to Bostonians for cast-off clothing to give to the poor in the South End slums. He called his drive...
At week's end both sides were resting on their pens. Whether or not the Anglican Book of Common Prayer should be revised, all could agree that it was some time since it had been. Even the oldest communicant couldn't quite remember when. And for a good...