Word: stove
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Willard, Jeffries, Strangler Lewis, and a positive swarm of middleweight, lightweight, anyweight champions, past and present. It goes without saying that most of these worthies appear for about ten seconds, and are barely visible to the naked eye; nevertheless, they are in the picture. Strangely enough, Max Baer as Stove Morgan, plays his part with a certain amount of finesse; his rendition is unquestionably adequate. Whether this anomaly is to be attributed to a general low standard of acting in the films or whether it is due to some innate ability in Mr. Baer, is a problem for individual solution...
...will. The boys gobbled and talked, and a master noted that two places were vacant. Down a back stair of West Dormitory and out onto the campus stole a tall gangling boy and a short, plump-cheeked boy-Henry Wetter Jr., 15, son of a Memphis, Tenn. stove manufacturer, and Phelps Newberry Jr., 15, son of a Detroit banker, grandson of onetime Senator and Secretary of the Navy Truman Handy Newberry. Apprehensively the two lugged five suitcases, noiselessly as possible lest some sharp-eared master hear and spring out to stop them. They were running away from school, out into...
...evening. Our radio batteryless because I can't afford new ones. The wife tired from a trying day with the youngsters. I tell her to sit down and rest and I'll get supper. Decide on eggs scrambled with chipped beef and chopped celery. Light the oil stove and put double boiler on to heat. Twenty minutes to six already. Our time is two hours behind Eastern Standard. Eggs mixed, celery chopped, beef shredded, ready for cooking. Light oil lamp, set table, put on bread, preserves, butter, milk, catsup, sugar and cream. Put two tablespoons coffee (think that...
...that poilus in the lower chamber can rest in comfort. "Comfort," as Marshal Pétain has said, "is of utmost strategic importance. The combative efficiency of the soldier is at least doubled when he can recuperate in comfort." Ergo, nearly every pillbox is equipped with electric lights, electric stove, a well, beds, running water and glistening latrines. On his visit to the forts last August Premier Daladier cried: "The shield is in place! It is of good metal!" Impressed by the amazing camouflage of many of the forts Foreign Minister Joseph Paul-Boncour shook his tousled white head, questioned...
...floor, will in itself cost $100,000. In addition every convenience is to be supplied the men. Each fireman will have a room to himself as in the dormitory system: a central radio will be hooked up to reach every room: a kitchen, equipped with an electric refrigerator, gas stove, and every necessary appliance. Another unforeseen, but worth while expenditure was the purchase of a new floodlight wagon which is to be stationed here...