Word: sprayings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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cannon With the scent and bloom of a lilac spray...
Waterskiing, speedy, spray-dashed and a little daffy, is a sport that looks as American as rodeo riding. Actually, the accepted story goes, it was invented by officers of France's snow-skiing Chasseurs Alpins, who took to the waters of Lake Annecy in the French Alps some 20 years ago on a dare. Since those days, it has grown up on the lakes, rivers and bays of the U.S. into a lusty-sized sport-although it still has a long way to go before it threatens its hilly, cold-weather cousin in popularity...
...Naval Academy told me later: "Suddenly the war got awfully personal. The prows of those boats were high out of the water. They were roaring in for the kill. We opened fire with the 40 millimeters, our main-battery five-inchers and everything we had. When the smoke and spray had cleared away there they were, still boring right on in. Finally we forced three of the boats onto the beach and sent a shore party in to capture their crews. The fourth changed course and headed out to sea with throttles wide open. Since then there's been...
...glass piled over a light bulb and sprinkled with titanium tetrachloride is a convincing pile of smoldering coals. Dry pablum, confetti or bleached corn flakes are used as a snow flurry; ice cream salt is hail, and raw white rice shaken from a colander looks enough like rain. Glycerine spray makes studio props appear...
...remove the high polish from cars and furniture, spray with clear liquid wax; to take the glare from mirrors, apply a mixture of epsom salts and stale beer; such shiny surfaces as oilcloth can be toned down with a spray of shaving lotion...