Word: shield
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...boys were kept on bread and water for days at a stretch. The jail proved to be filthy, airless cells, one containing three emaciated teen-agers stripped to the waist. There was no toilet (only an uncovered pot), and the boys spread their blankets on the concrete floor to shield their bare feet from the cold...
...issue in New Zealand's current election campaign is the rumor (since denied) that the U.S. is planning to use Antarctica, 1,800 miles south of New Zealand, as an H-bomb testing ground. New Zealanders feel that 1,800 miles is not enough to shield them from the radioactive aftermath of hydrogen explosions...
...snag has developed in Radcliffe's plans to celebrate its 75th anniversary, with the forced removal of the red, white, and black Radcliffe shield from the ice cream which was to be served at the celebration dinner...
Miss Marjorie L. Russ, Annex dietitian, explained last night she had discovered that the imprint of the shield would make the diners' teeth black...
Last night, however, a production manager of the Bushway Ice Cream Co., which supplies Radcliffe, denied that the shield would make anyone's teeth black. "The shield was just too heavy and undelicate for Radcliffe," the manager said...