Word: sheetings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...caught by a set of rollers in a circle and, in a red mist it coils itself into a spool, is deposited on a moving belt ready for "pickling." This is the trade's name for a brief bath in acid to wash off all scale before the sheet steel is cold-rolled under more huge "stands'' to give it proper thinness and finally annealed in another furnace to give it proper ductility and resilience...
...world of finance is why, just because an individual has managed to acquire shares in a corporation, he should be expected to understand the argot of accountancy. Yet last fortnight, undoubtedly to the great perplexity of its 7,138 stockholders, Johns-Manville Corp. phrased part of its 1937 balance sheet in the above bewildering fashion...
...Brown's triumph of exposition was this notable simplification of a balance sheet. "Very simply," he said, "it is a statement of what we own, what we owe and what we are worth. ... It is exactly the same as if you took two sheets of paper and on one listed the cash you have, the value of your home, car and furniture, and the dollar 'Bill Jones' owes you. On the other sheet you list what you owe the grocer . . . what you owe on your car. Then subtract what you owe from what you own. The result...
...Shaw at her experimental school in Rome (TIME, Jan. 30, 1933), finger painting has rapidly become a custom in progressive schools. It is done with earth pigments, invented by Miss Shaw, which come like jelly in little jars and can be licked or even eaten with impunity. A big sheet of glazed paper is dipped in water, spread smooth on a table, and gobs of color are dropped on it. The child then swirls the mixture over the paper with both hands, fingers, even forearms, continually creating new designs. Having no crayon or brush to cramp his fingers the child...
...house can be built of sheet metal the housing problem is easily solved with the assistance of the Harvard Sheet Metal and Roofing Company, Wall Paper and Paint Company, Oil Burner Company, Light and Power Company, Plumbing Company, Electric and Machine Company and American and Oriental Rug Company. Furniture could be obtained through either the Harvard Specialty Manufacturing Corporation or the Harvard Toy Shop...