Word: soft
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Church of the Innocent Blood "saints," "apostles" and "prophets" wailed, rubbed their drums, kissed the gaudy wounds of their Christ, fondled the feet of their Deity, groveled at their "Sea of Gethsemane," prayed with the soft-rubbed words of Louisiana Negroes for the fulfillment of their "vision": that Mother Catherine was coming back to them. Mother Catherine did not come back, and the tomb prepared for her in the temple lay unused, the health authorities refusing permission for her to lie there...
Industrial Alcohol works hand-in-hand with Air Reduction, the two companies having recently joined their research departments. Air Reduction controls Pure Carbonic Co. of America in which Alcohol has a 20% interest. Alcohol sells carbon dioxide (CO2) to Air Reduction and Pure Carbonic, which sells carbonic gas to soft drink and dry ice manufacturers. In this field the companies are rivals of Liquid Carbonic Corp. and its ally, Dry Ice Holding Co. In the alcohol field. United States Industrial faces competition from many smaller, scattered concerns, one of the strongest of which is American Commercial Alcohol Corp., doing...
Luckless, M. Herriot resigned some years ago the soft, well-paid job of President (Speaker) of the Chamber of Deputies to become Prime Minister of France (TIME, Nov. 12, 1928) but his Cabinet lasted exactly two days...
...beard, dark brown, soft and short, was originally a protection against Polar cold in the Arctic and Antarctic. Now the beard is an insignium of popular science. As a correspondent-explorer for William Randolph Hearst, Sir Hubert is distinguished in appearance as well as achievements...
...Hatch Andrews, 32, Johns Hopkins chemist, announced last week that he has transposed the inaudible high pitch of atomic vibrations into piano sounds. The quavers of grain alcohol thus became a harmonic chord out of which Professor Andrews composed a pretty melody. Water's translated sound was a soft murmur, wood alcohol sounded harsh and sharp, gasoline was a crash...