Word: pilings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sticks of blasting powder across the river last week, and blew up a goodly portion of riverbank along with it. 17 sticks is a powerful lot of dynamite, even for a lark. It wasn't very thoughtful of him either, cause the City of Boston spent a pile of money a few years back filling in the very same hole he blew the dirt...
Then there were those youngsters who wanted to ruin a real fine football game by setting off a pile of gunpowder in the middle of the field, and the other fellas who shot a bunch of Roman candles into the Yalie stands...
...Estimé, 48, was elected two years ago, largely on the strength of his opposition to the dictatorial mulatto President Elie Lescot. The grimly ambitious son of a back-country peasant, Estimé gets up each morning at 4:30, breakfasts on orange juice. Before 5, he tackles the pile of papers on his desk and with 45 minutes out for lunch and slightly more for dinner, works until midnight...
...student who set up the trigger-point is said to have had a surplus of wire and merely hid it under a pile of leaves since he had no pliers or tape needed for splicing
...worth trying for. It means eating lots of Ralston and swilling Ovaltine, but the competitors are minor league, and the potential rewards are staggering. Tom Mix, for instance, is currently allowing winners to name their own prizes--up to $2,000--which could buy a new car, a pile of suits, or a trunkful of funny books...