Word: pillar
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Pillar of Society. All along the U.S. Atlantic coast the eelgrass (Zostera marina) is flourishing again, which is cheering news to U.S. Fish & Wildlife people...
Until 1931, eelgrass was the pillar of saltwater mudflat society. Under its waving, tape-thin leaves, young and weak creatures sought shelter-and the hungry and strong sought food. But in 1931 and 1932, the eelgrass meadows vanished leaving flats of barren mud as far north as Nova Scotia. A microscopic fungus (Labyrinthula) streaked the eelgrass leaves with brown, killing them to the roots...
...Pillar & Post. Trade's grandsons, President William and Vice President Robert, are a modem counterpart of the original brothers. Hard-working William, a churchgoer and Shakespeare-reader, once kept his Rolls-Royce in his garage until July so that he would have to pay only half price for a license. Easygoing Robert, 57, plays gin rummy every afternoon, turned down a minister last week who promised to grow a beard if Robert would come to Sunday service. They run the business themselves with little top help from outside, gross an estimated $4,500,000 a year...
...feet. It is still adding slowly to its present height (1,380 ft). Geologists estimate that it has ejected by now 1,058,220,800 tons of material. The crater, for the moment, is in a quiet phase, with only a dull glow at night and a pillar of smoke...
Bandied from Clarence Streit's pillar of zeal to the post of public apathy during the past seven years, the vital issue of world government--if, when, and how--has recently emerged from its shell of naivete to blink its eyes to world political realities. Out of the recent merger of six large American organizations--student and general--pledged to some form of strong federal international organization, some hope may now be advance that the confusion over this question among its adherents may be dissipated. The lessons learned by those who formed the United World Federalists at Asheville, North Carolina...