Word: soiling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...night, too, men, guns and tanks moved toward the front, and burrowed underground. Snow still lay thinly upon the soggy soil, and prime movers pulled sleds loaded with cannon and ammunition...
...blue-eyed and blond. He was a growth from Russia's rich soil-earthy, sturdy, solid in mind and body. His open face was typically Russian, as was his name (voron means raven). A big man, he liked big, sturdy things. On Russia's battlefields he saw guns in action: he liked them...
...astonishing news came from Wilmington, Del. this week that scientists have discovered how to eliminate mud. The secret: a chemical treatment that keeps soil dry in spite of hell & high water...
Developed by the Hercules Powder Co., which worked on the problem for many years, the new method involves a powdered resin called Stabinol. The powder is spread on the soil, a few pounds per square yard; then it is harrowed in six inches deep and the soil is packed hard with a steam roller. The result is a smooth, dry surface that sheds water like a duck's back. It is good for tennis courts, athletic fields, earth dams-and especially for roads. The Army has already begun to use it for roads and airfields...
This week Red troops battled on the doorsteps of Estonia, Latvia and Poland, pointed a new drive toward the Rumanian frontier. Ahead a hopeful man could see the day when the last Hun soldier would be driven from Russia's soil. But complete destruction of the German Army was still more of a hope than a thing in prospect...