Word: proofing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lighting of the yule log and cucumber sandwiches--for years a staple at Mrs. Perkins' Thursday afternoon teas--are about the most tangible things one can point to in the House's character. The many similar traditions are a proof of its distinctiveness, of a certain "esprit de corps," as Housemaster Eliott Perkins '23 puts...
...Accardo and Guzik as partners. They were getting $278,666 from the wheel, the report showed, but investigators were more interested in another item further down. The partners had claimed a loss of $7,252 on the S & G Syndicate in Florida. That frugal claim was the first solid proof that Russell had muscled in as a Capone syndicate frontman...
Rust has another way of wintering. When the weather begins to get cold in the north, the fungus produces black, cold-proof spores. These spend the winter on straw or stubble. In spring, they germinate, sending out small spores that infect barberry bushes. Up to 70 billion vigorous spores can form on an average barberry bush. Each spore can start a fast-spreading infection in a stand of wheat...
Already some varieties look good. In May their seed will be harvested and planted again in states where spring wheat is normally grown; then back to California for another winter growing season. Not for another four or five years will U.S. farmers have a wheat variety that is proof against Race 15B. Until then, Government scientists can only hope for the best...
SILVER LINING. J. W. Wolfenden Corp., Attleboro, Mass., offered a new silverware which is kept tarnish-proof by a coating baked on the silver. Price: 10% above regular sterlingware...