Word: shovelling
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...snow shovel, as any home owner knows, looks something like this...
...opinion of New York University's Erwin R. Tichauer, that snow shovel is poorly adapted to its user. For the flabby, middle-aged and out-of-condition male it can be dangerous, since the position of its handle imposes an unnatural and unnecessary strain on the wrist, the arm, and consequently, the heart. A far safer and more efficient design, says Tichauer, would look like this...
...When one of the peasants went down into the cesspool to shovel up the manure, he was overcome by the noxious (hydrogen sulfide) gas. Poor Peasant Liu Kung-chen and another peasant went down to rescue him, but by the time he had been pulled out, both of them had been overcome by the poisonous gas and had collapsed...
...York history to serve uninterruptedly for more than twelve years.* The key to Rockefeller's decision to run again is his eagerness to show that his $6 billion Urban Development Corporation can effectively rebuild city slums. As one Rockefeller aide puts it, "The sound of the steam shovel will soon be heard in the land." More immediately, however, Rockefeller faces a fiscal crisis of immense proportions. The 1969-70 budget is likely to exceed $6 billion, leaving the state with an estimated $1 billion deficit...
...site on which to build an earthwork out of 1,200 pounds of dirt and peat moss, trimmed with a four-foot cascade of jellied industrial grease, pipes and wire, and giant pieces of felt. "I have no idea what it will look like," he said, resting on his shovel while the work was in progress. "But it seems old-fashioned to me to start controlling qualities. This earth is all part of moving out into the world...