Word: poole
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fish-it breeds millions of mosquito fish for placement in areas where mosquitoes might breed . . . We grant that Mr. Duclus has placed many fish with ranchers, swimming-pool owners, but he makes no mention of industry. We, on the other hand, have gone one step farther. Sears Roebuck & Co.'s building is unique in the U.S. We have six inches of water on the roof, to keep the building cool-and how do we prevent this water from becoming a breeding place for mosquitoes? Yeah, fish-but not only mosquito fish, but other varieties of tropical fish that breed...
Last week Texas City could boast that it was bigger & better than ever. To symbolize the fact, city fathers gathered to dedicate a brand-new 55-acre park with a $200,000 swimming pool. In the course of the dedication, they pointed out that in the last four years they had built 18 miles of new city streets, $1,500,000 worth of schools, 1,100 new houses, two new fire stations, a new police station and a health clinic...
...swayed like a prop palm before a wind machine; reason lay limp on the cutting-room floor. Pola Negri walked her leashed leopard cub. through the streets; Bessie Love drove a lavender-colored limousine ; Marion Davies* brought a marble bridge from Italy to span her 80-ft., saltwater swimming pool; and Dolores Del Rio let it be known that she drank only from a golden chalice. Even discounting the pressagents' fevered imaginations, it was a wondrously gaudy existence...
Forced Landing. In Dudley, England, after two happy years in the pool of the local zoo, the resident pelican took off on a flight for freedom, landed by mistake in the lion...
...prop-driven models. Careful estimates put Russian production at about 8,500 new planes each year, almost twice the current U.S. rate. Western intelligence has some hints of Russia's far advanced research in supersonic speed ranges and armament; its hundreds of air bases; its large pool of tough, dedicated professional airmen...