Word: smokes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...arrests for drunkenness (except a few "smoke" victims) were recorded in New York City during the first 24 hours of legalized beer, a near-record...
Coroner A. H. Flint called as his first witness Dr. Voss's eldest son, Hugo, who testified that though his father did smoke occasionally he never carried a pocket lighter, used matches...
...mentions each aspect of the Facist regime, the camera swings off to the drone of Lowell Thomas' voice, to show the actual scenes of these achievements. There are great liners plowing across the ocean, droves of airplanes in faultless formation, spotless dams thrown across huge canyons, and smoke-stacks that dwindle away into the sky. But it in not these sights which arouse wonder; it is the fact that this Mussolini, whose powerful voice keeps coming back, a little hoarser to be sure each time, has accomplished these feats alone. To watch the way in which Mussolini rose to prominence...
...alcohol synthetically on a large scale. Other profitable work has been with acetylene (for welding, lighting), ethylene glycol (for anti-freeze mixtures), ethylene oxide (insecticide, fumigant). Should he have to, Dr. Curme could probably make a living from the hydrocarbons blowing away in almost any large factory's smoke...
Five small whalers turned to the rescue. After a cold night of bobbing on the cake of ice, the explorers radioed the rescuing boats not to run any risks in the pack ice. The rescuers were to send up rockets and smoke signals. Another night passed without sign of rescue...