Word: sands
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Purification of sewage through layers of bacteria (called Schmutzdecke) at the top of sand filters. This method, while important in small communities and in the early stages of sewage sanitation (about 1870-1910), becomes too costly in large cities because of the land space required...
...been called "a rope of sand" because it is a federation of autonomous unions, not a union of dependent bodies. It was originally formed in opposition to the contrary ideal of the Knights of Labor. The fact that the rope of sand has become a powerful organization may be attributed largely to the personal energy of the man at its head...
...sensational success of the cinema version of his The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse that "made" Rodolfo Guglielmo (stage name Rodolfo Valentino), cinema star. Some of his other novels; Blood and Sand, La Bodega, Mare Nostrum, The Shadow of the Cathedral...
Irving T. Bush considers Russia from the business man's viewpoint. Over his desk in New York hangs the motto: " Consider the Postage Stamp, my Son. Its usefulness consists in its ability to stick till it gets there." He bought sand lots on the water front of South Brooklyn and stuck till he got there. Now the Bush Terminal with rail and water connections covers 30 city blocks and contains 123 warehouses, 8 piers and 16 model industrial buildings...
Blood and sand addicts of Lower California were rudely stirred when Francisco Peres Rivera, famous matador of Barcelona and Mexico City, finished a bad last in an argument with a bull at Mexicala. Chagrined by his failure, Rivera attempted suicide but was prevented by the intervention of attending picadors...