Word: rocke
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. and its U. R. W. employes came to an impasse over exclusive bargaining recognition early last March, both sides behaved calmly. Instead of sitting down, the unionists peacefully walked out. Instead of hiring strikebreakers, grizzled Harvey Firestone quietly shut down his plants. Akron remained a rock in the seething Labor sea during the eight weeks of negotiations which followed. There was no violence by 11,000 idle workers, no alarmist shouting by employers or press...
Dealers and collectors thronged the scarlet and gold ballroom, where nine rock crystal chandeliers festooned with crystal drops glittered over their heads. British Broadcasting Corp. had decided that the proceedings merited a national hearing. Art-lovers listening in heard the voice of a commentator but little else, because bids were indicated by a flick of an eyebrow or pencil, and also because the announcer was enclosed in a soundproof booth. At the end of three days, the sale's returns stood...
Motoring near San Rafael, about 14 mi. north of San Francisco one day last summer, one Beryle Shinn had a puncture, decided to stop for picnic lunch on a nearby grassy bluff. Mr. Shinn squatted, found himself on a rock, lifted it, saw a dingy piece of metal. He rubbed off the dirt, managed to decipher the word "Drake," took his find to University of California's History Professor Herbert E. Bolton. Last week the historian announced himself satisfied that it was indeed the claim plate posted by Drake 357 years ago. Sold to the California Historical Society...
This native plaster industry which has been in operation for sixty years, has presumably destroyed untold quantities of Triassic fossils. The specimen from the new chasmatosaurid genus was rescued from a rock pile destined for one of the kilns...
Just west of the little town of St. Cruz, the scientists found the natives had burned extensive quantities of rock, making plaster. In this red clay territory, they explained where there are rocks there is a good chance of finding fossils. Thus the local kilns served as rough land marks, guiding the scientists to their major finds...