Word: procession
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...surprised to see that the Crimson has fallen prey to the same headline propaganda which at first affixed the "red" label to the Spanish Government; later, by a process of wish-thinking, won the war several times for the fascists; and now so gleefully sounds the funeral dirge of the Republic. The facts should be understood. Catalonia itself is not yet conquered, while the MadridValencia sector remains entirely firm. In the Napoleonic invasion of Spain, all but a very narrow strip of seacoast was taken, only to be won completely back within two years...
...impurity in their copper that they could not get rid of, exasperated German copper miners of the early 18th Century called it kupjernickel (copper devil). Canadian Copper Co. felt the same way about nickel until 1902 when it combined with two U. S. companies that owned a nickel-refining process. The combine eventually became The International Nickel Co. of Canada, Ltd., which produces 85% of the world's nickel and made $24,000,000 in 1938's first nine months...
Most present oil refining is done by thermal cracking-breaking crude oil's heavy molecules into lighter components by great pressure and heat. This process yields only 44% gasoline (the money-making product), leaves refiners with a great bulk of fuel oil and other by-products to dispose of. Phillips Petroleum Co. has lately found a way to convert some of these by-products into gasoline-through polymerization, which compresses wasted gaseous fractions of crude oil into the heavier molecules of gasoline...
Here is what the Houdry process...
Offered for licensing by Houdry Process Corp., the new process may revolutionize refining. At present only Sun and Socony-Vacuum are using it, and they mix the result with ordinary gas to improve the octane rating. If Houdry refining becomes general, it may: 1) reduce the need for the tetraethyl lead which now makes most gasoline satisfactory in modern high-compression engines; 2) conserve U. S. oil reserves by yielding more gasoline per barrel of crude; 3) help stabilize prices by stabilizing stocks, now badly unbalanced because gasoline and fuel oil must be produced simultaneously though one is most used...