Word: springless
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Prince Charles, 8, heir apparent to the British throne, will get caned in the "customary place" if he doesn't behave, be limited to 35? a week spending money and will sleep with six or seven boys his own age in an unheated dormitory on a wooden, springless bed covered with a thin mattress. Said Queen Elizabeth II to her son when she saw the bed: "You won't be able to bounce on that...
...crew of eight nurses, equipped with measuring rods and springless scales, will visit all ten provinces measuring and weighing men, women & children in their homes. Subjects will be chosen according to tables prepared by the Bureau of Statistics to make sure that proper proportions of urban and rural dwellers, all ages and occupations are represented in the total...
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