Word: rubbers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Colonel Thompson will probably urge the U. S. to demand: 1) That the Filipinos postpone their independence dreams indefinitely; 2) That they withdraw their government in Manila from private business enterprises; 3) That they amend their land laws so as to aid in the large scale development of the rubber industry (in such event, the U. S. Congress will not interfere with these laws); 4) That stronger U. S. control be exercised in the Moro districts to prevent Filipino high-handed rule...
...knife from Casey. Some had it that Casey, not Hallisey, had first said "funny fellow" and other words. "But the stabber," gasped one student, "how about calling the cops?" At this point Casey opened his eyes and laughed. So did Hallisey. The blood was red ink, the dagger rubber, the fight a charade planned by Professor Wheaton for the purpose of illustrating that the tesimony of eyewitnesses can differ. On Dec. 7, in Professor Wheaton's fully equipped courtroom at the law school, Hallisey will be tried for "assault with intent to kill." Senior law students will prepare...
...area of the islands is under cultivation. Agricultural methods are very primitive. Little has been done to improve them. The soil and climate of the Islands, however, is as good as the best in the fabulously rich Indies. All manner of tropical products can be grown there--rubber, camphor, coffee, tea, cocoa, gutta-percha, cocoanuts. Of these we import each year enormous quantities, but only a very small percentage comes from the Philippines. If, therefore, Americans would help the Filipinos to develop their great resources, the benefit would be mutual. We need their products. The need our financing and technical...
...manufacture of the ball used in the game is the first known instance of rubber being used as a resilient substance. Rubber pads were also bound upon the wrists, elbows, and hips of the players, to aid in the bouncing of the ball from these places...
...Goodrich Co. will manufacture according to this new method, which in all respects duplicates the electroplating of objects with metals. Only instead of a metallic salt solution (copper sulphate, for example), finely divided rubber is held, not in solution, but in emulsion. The negative wire of an electrical circuit is attached to any desired mold, which is placed in the emulsion. The positive wire is suitably attached to the container. Then the flowing current drives the particles of rubber on to the mold. There is absolute control of the process at all times...