Word: scrap
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...TIME [July 19] really sure that the U.S.S. Oregon is among the lovable old fighting ships Congress will preserve? Were there not pictures during the war of the Oregon being towed off for scrap as a great gesture of sacrifice...
...Only after the Proletariat has disarmed the Bourgeoisie will it be able, without destroying its world historical mission, to throw all armaments on the scrap heap...
...Hungary, factory workers noticed that scrap metal delivered to them contained fragments of church bells...
...first to weigh the growth of individual amoebas, but he is not tending his microscopic livestock as a mere stunt. He has already discovered something new: that amoebas generally grow for about 20 hours. Then for the next four hours before they divide, their weight does not increase. This scrap of information, gathered so laboriously, is considered important in the study of cellular growth, including the growth of cancer cells in the human body...
...having trouble finding the right kind of sand was persuaded to import it from Del Monte, California; twelve Hong Kong importers who were short of cotton were sold California cotton surpluses; a deal was worked out to haul junked military equipment on Pacific islands to Japanese steel furnaces as scrap...