Word: sanding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...order to bring an offensive weapon into the House," boomed the Speaker. "Take it out! Take it out!" shouted Labor members. But Smithers' cosh proved to be a child's toy made of hollow rubber. Said Smithers: "It is a sham, but by filling it with sand it can be made into a lethal weapon." Smithers asked for a ban on coshes. "The increase in violence," he said, "is the direct result of six years of Socialist and materialist philosophy in action. All moral standards are cracking...
...long-ball hitter since his drives regularly carry 225 to 230 yards. Practice has brought his putting which used to be "poor" about even with the rest of his game. "But he excels with the short irons," said Dudley. "He is more consistent with them-the wedge [for sand traps], the eight and nine irons [for approach shots...
Died. Jacques de Menthon, 24, engineer son of the Council of Europe's President François de Menthon; when he was buried by a landslide while working in a sand quarry; in Melun, France...
...height of Newport's "Golden Age," one of the resort's hostesses gave a dinner for 50 at which the center of the table was piled with sand. Each of the guests found a small, sterling silver pail and shovel at his place. At a given signal everyone dug frantically for thousands of dollars' worth of rubies, sapphires and diamonds buried in the sandpile...
...Sandman. The son of an immigrant suspenders maker in Chicago, Crown quit school at 14 to take a job at $4 a week as shipping clerk for a building materials company. He was fired when he mixed up orders, not knowing that it takes both sand and gravel to make concrete. At 23, after several other jobs, he and two brothers started a materials supply company of their own with a borrowed...