Word: rusting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hate sin and love the brethren. And even in his corrections, let him act with prudence, and not go too far, lest while he seeketh too eagerly to scrape off the rust, the vessel be broken. Let him keep his own frailty ever before his eyes. . . . And by this we do not mean that he should suffer vices to grow up; but that prudently and with charity he should cut them off, in the way he shall see best for each, as we have already said; and let him study rather to be loved than feared...
...began with a tantalizing British problem: Shipments of U.S. tanks arrived in British ports all assembled and tuned up. But before they could be driven away, they had to be "de-slushed" of heavy coats of rust-preventing grease. While they lay helpless at dockside, Nazi bombers could knock them off like sitting ducks...
...British appealed to U.S. shippers: was there no way to pack the tanks so they could be driven off pronto? The next shipment of tanks came wrapped in plastic film, with a drying material inside to prevent rust. The British simply ripped off the wrapping and roared away...
...enclosed with the packed object in a vapor-proof wrapping like Pliofilm or reinforced Cellophane. To show whether the air inside is keeping dry enough, the silica gel is impregnated with cobalt chloride, which turns pink if humidity rises above 30%-the point at which metal begins to rust. After unwrapping, silica gel can be dried and used again...
Hopes v. Facts. Admiral Vickery had history on his side. After World War I, the big U.S. fleet of mass-produced Hog Island freighters gathered rust and barnacles while other nations, with faster, better ships, took over the world's trade...