Word: pilings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...want any gimmicks in this thing," he says. "I've lost the desire to accumulate a pile of money. I just want to do what I can to help the human race and make a living...
...books on education, agriculture, mechanics, etc., generally practical stuff to help modernize and so forth. The building had been bombed and the books were lying around two rooms, about knee deep on the floor, pages torn, broken glass between them, muddied pages where GI's had stepped through the pile. I bent down to pick up a book. What was it? Obviously, it was "General Education in a Free Society," intact but not looking as if it had been well-read here where society is not free and education is not general. Thought the GE committee or someone might...
...Matthew Rhem of the Signal Corps sent a greeting from Gen. Willis D. Crittenberger, commander of the First Army, to the armed forces throughout the world. The message circled the globe in one-eighth of a second and when it returned to Governors Island it activated a miniature atomic pile. The splitting uranium atoms then exploded a magnesium bomb, severing a ribbon to release pigeons from a coop. --New York Times...
Twenty-two freshmen, the entire '54 baseball squad, will pile into a bus at 11:30 a.m. today, for a trip to Ashburnham, and a 2:30 p.m. game with Cushing Academy...
...will provide most of the opposition for the varsity track team today, with Holy Cross thrown in for the ride. The Terriers, who have won their first two meets this spring, boast several outstanding men who should be able to pile up quite a few points. The Crusaders have only one runner who is a serious threat...