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...mile by I.R.A. women vigilantes, or even get caught in a sudden crossfire. Every night in the slums off Falls Road, all the walls at street corners are painted white to head height so that I.R.A. snipers can more easily spot troops on night patrol. The army usually repaints the walls in the morning, and the vigilantes repaint them again in the evening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Ulster: Bloody Dodge City | 11/22/1971 | See Source »

William Minney, Buildings and Grounds College Area Superintendent, estimated the repair costs in the "Low thousands of dollars." He said that B&G will have to refinish the warped floors and repaint the stained ceilings and water-swollen walls...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Repairs Begin on Flooded Mower | 2/20/1969 | See Source »

Cambridge may delay the enforcement of its jaywalking law until June to give the City time to repaint some of its most important crosswalks...

Author: By Glenn A. Padnick, | Title: City May Delay Jaywalking Fine To Paint Walks | 4/19/1966 | See Source »

...painted her style on the House, quite literally. Upon her arrival she asked to have her office painted blue, her favorite color. There are reports that Buildings and Grounds tried during the summer to ascertain whether Miss Methessel was getting married soon, so that it wouldn't have to repaint the office. The office is now blue...

Author: By Glenn A. Padnick, | Title: Secretaries Don't Really Run Harvard | 3/19/1966 | See Source »

Will Ye No Come Back? "We work hard and we play hard," explained a Royal Marine. Between shows and rehearsals, there are boots to black, pith helmets to repaint, ostrich feathers and bearskins to comb. It is Silvo-Polish and elbow grease that keep the buttons blinding bright, treacle that caulks the bagpipe bags and keeps them from cracking. The shows are work too. One of the Scots Guards pipers blew so hard one night he had to be hospitalized with a suspected hernia, but gamely returned to action the next day's matinee-fitted out in a truss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spectacles: So Forget the Beatles | 10/8/1965 | See Source »

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