Word: soiling
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Dictator, gruff, walrus-mustached Marshal Josef Pilsudski, major interest was aroused by a remark dropped by one of the Marshal's aides: "Sentimental reasons,among others, prompt him to make peace with Lithuania. His old mother, whom he loved with passionate devotion and gratitude, lies buried on Lithuanian soil. He himself grows old and he cannot visit her grave so long as the Polish-Lithuanian frontier remains closed and relations continue strained...
Selenium-Poisoned Wheat-Selenium, a poisonous metallic element related to sulphur, has been found in such quantities in the soil of Wyoming and South Dakota that Dr. Horace Greeley Byers, Government soil chemist, considered a warning advisable. Said he: "In a wide variety of plants, including wheat, growing upon those areas, selenium was present in concentrations ranging from traces up to quantities which are deadly to animals. In many cases the selenium present produced chronic diseases which may ultimately cause death. . . . Preventive measures should be taken. It seems, however, that no serious concern need be felt except in the areas...
Hero of the on-time completion of Moscow's new subway was until last week Chief Hard-Soil Excavation Engineer Mikhail Ifremov...
Before being appointed to excavate hard soil for Russia's first subway, engaging Engineer Ifremov was in charge of the Moscow Department of Mechanical Transport, ran it into a deficit of one million rubles before he was promoted...
...condoning bastardy, North Dakota and Arizona are the most liberal States in the Union. Every child born on their soil is considered legitimate. At the other end of the legal spectrum are Texas, Louisiana and Virginia which forbid a local bastard to search out his father...