Word: sprayings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...months ago Akir was deserted," said an Israeli captain. "There wasn't even a stray cat here. We didn't consider these Arab villages fit places for our people to live, but we had to have some place to put them." First the government sent workmen to spray Akir with DDT. Cement was poured over the earthen floors; boards or tin roofs replaced Arab thatching. Water pipes were laid between the courtyards...
When the hose was finally screwed in, it sprung two leaks and scattered spray over 50 more students. Then a tank burst open in another truck and flooded the front seat...
...gadget-gift field is by far the biggest--and easiest to shop. Any store contains enough perfume, of various and assorted smells, to drown in, and the salesgirls will be happy to spray you with drams of it. But unless you know your girls taste in scents, stay away from heavy, dramatic perfumes and pick light brands--or she may trade it to her roommate for a chocolate bar without nuts...
...business. With a veteran's often bitter knowledge, Playwright Moss Hart has chronicled the out-of-town opening of an ambitious $300,000 drama. In a hotel suite before the performance, the swishy director (Glenn Anders), the splashy producer (Sam Levene) and the gushy leading lady (Virginia Field) spray the atmosphere with love, and the idealistic young playwright with admiration. Six hours later, when the show seems to be a flop, the playwright is denounced as the Arch Fiend. But when the early morning papers dub it a potential hit, the hatchets are put away and the harps begin...
Just last week, Captain Midnight was engaged in subduing a character called "the Sword," who was preparing to set fire to military installations with inflammable spray. It was evident that the Sword was in the pay of some agency hostile to the United States, but the script never get beyond mysterious references to "they," and a rendezvous in South America...