Word: sanding
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...specially developed sand paint prevents reflection of sunlight from windows (which would catch the eye of an enemy aviator), but permits light to pass through them. The paint jobs are executed by C. & T. Painters, Ltd., who have circulated a handsome brochure with "before and after" color photographs. The price: around 18? per square yard of masquerade (but the British Government foots half the bill...
...respectfully asked merely on the basis of his recognized scholarship in the field on greatly strengthened by the success as a teacher which led 250 students to put their names to a petition demanding his retention on the basis of his work this year. Unfortunately for the head-in-sand opponents of everything Mr. Hicks stand for, the Committee of Eight published its report on tenure and appointment at the wrong time. Here is the definite statement that a university should not merely tolerate "heretics" among its professors but should deliberately seek representation for unorthodox, minority views. "Harvard would...
Last week Executive Director John H. Baker of the National Audubon Societies surveyed by air a lifeless desert, populated only by spinning whirlwinds of sand and hot ashes, where a green wilderness used to teem with birds-ibis, herons, cranes, ducks, snowy egrets...
...refugees, French authorities adopted methods calculated to help "persuade" them that they would be better off almost anywhere else. Typical rations were one loaf of bread daily for six men, a sack of rice for 400 men. Sanitation has been nonexistent. Open latrines have been dug in the camp sand and all modesty about nature's functions has long ago disappeared...
...near Argeles-sur-Mer and St. Cyprien. They are enclosed by barbed wire, guarded every 20 feet by a Senegalese soldier. Inside the wire the camps are like some fantastically huge hobo jungle. Only a few refugees have roofs over their heads; the great majority dig holes in the sand and cover themselves with dirty sheets, blankets or coats they managed to carry out with them. Many sleep in the open, rain or shine. Icy sea winds blow the sand continually. Most of the refugees have developed conjunctivitis. Fuel in the large camps is scarce. Cooking is done exclusively...