Word: rubbering
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Colored People. He had actively participated in a boycott of white stores that followed the bombing of another Natchez N.A.A.C.P. official's car in 1965. Worst of all, he had just accepted a promotion-with a 17?-an-hour raise-to mixer of chemicals at the Armstrong Rubber Co., a position previously held by whites only...
...Park's government embarks on its second five-year plan, Korea is pulsing with activity. The war demands of Viet Nam have created a huge export market for uniforms, boots, rubber goods, plywood, construction materials and galvanized sheet plate. This, along with other expanding Asian civilian markets, helped to lift the country's commodity exports last year to a record $255 million. To reduce imports, South Korea's first oil refinery, built two years ago at Ulsan, is being expanded, and another $50 million refinery is going up at Yosu, providing the base for a $100 million...
...Peking's Great Hall of the People snaked line after line of restless Red Guards, still in the capital despite earlier orders to repair to their homes. The Great Hall is usually reserved for formal occasions: anti-imperialist operas, speeches by visiting Albanian dignitaries and the annual rubber-stamp session of the Chinese Parliament. As 10,000 Red Guards stared up at a triple-tiered ceiling studded with stars, Premier Chou En-lai appeared onstage. What ensued last week was the stiffest rebuke that the Guards have received to date-and an indication that China's Great Proletarian...
Scored like tennis, the game takes place on a wooden platform 60 ft. long and 30 ft. wide surrounded by chicken-wire walls, off which the ball can be played, as in squash. Players wield short-handled wooden paddles, get only one serve for each point. The heavy sponge-rubber ball, colored orange so that it shows up against snowy backgrounds, is extremely lively, with the result that sharply angled shots become as important as sheer power. Favorite ploys include the deep lob that forces the opponent away from the net and a low, sinking squash shot that slides...
...this rubber match, Henjyoji pulled three final period take-downs and a last second predicament to win an 11-5 match...