Word: rocke
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...only a thin curtain of stone hung between them in mid stream. Out to chip this down and shake hands under the Mersey went the Lord Mayor of Liverpool and the Mayor of Birkenhead. After that the snug chippers kept on, year after year, enlarging the 12-ft. rock tube to hold cast-iron tunnel sections 44 ft. in diameter. When all the cast-iron rings had been linked together, cement was pumped under pressure into a one-foot space around the gigantic metal tube. Lighting for the tunnel will be divided between two power stations, each illuminating alternate bulbs...
Meanwhile in Ontario the egg-and-tomato throwers rolled up a mighty victory for "Mitch" Hepburn and even rock-ribbed "Tory Toronto" split to make his Liberal victory complete. Conservatives in the Ontario Legislature dropped from 84 seats to 17 while Liberals who had had 15 seats were romping home with 65. Rejoicing at the failure of any third party to make an effective score, Quebec's sly old French-Canadian boss, grey-whiskered Liberal Premier Taschereau exclaimed: "In two provinces separated by vast space . . . results showed that new or third parties have no appeal. . . . My hearty congratulations...
...rock on which we struck was uncharted." said Captain Moeller. "and we were using a British Admiralty chart...
...building is to put animal comfort first, make everything look as unzooish as possible. Like rural Whipsnade in England (TIME, June 18), Chicago's zoo goes easy on fences. Visitors will tingle at the sight of lions, elephants and bears padding in the open over imitation rock (cement sprayed on steel laths), but they will be safe behind invisible moats 12½ ft. deep & wide...
...join. In Louisville, the League of Catholic Parent-Teacher Associations favored it. The Living Church (Episcopal) printed the pledge for its readers to sign. The Detroit Council of Churches (250,000 Protestants) has urged ministers to promote it. Besides Catholic action in such cities as Mobile, Rochester, Little Rock. St. Louis, Omaha, New Orleans and Spokane, interdenominational action has been taken in Denver, Galveston and San Francisco...