Word: stoves
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...told his wife they were through living in tents; he had decided to build a two-room cottage where he could rest his 280 pounds during the long winter night and draw in comfort. Also, he had sampled civilization's delights and now wanted to sit by a stove...
Most artists are fussy about their paints, but few go to such lengths as Berlin-born Karl Zerbe. His pictures, which hang in 21 U.S. museums, are painted in colors mixed with hot beeswax over a stove, and afterwards cooked into the canvas with an electric heater. The Greeks had a word for it: encaustic. The Egyptians and Greeks liked encaustic for its permanency, used it for murals and mummy portraits. But since the 10th Century few painters had bothered with...
Members of the winning boat included: stroke, Cunningham; 7, Chanley; 6, Stove; 5, Knaplund; 4, Clark, 3, Davis; 2, Cox; how, Cochran; and cox, King...
Yesterday's winning boats were: in the fifth, Stroke, Cunningham; 7, Chanley; 6, Stove; 5, Knaplund; 4, Clark; 3, Davis; 2, Cox; bow, Cochran, and cox, King; and in the fourth: Stroke, Stuart; 7, Ober; 6, Felt, 5, Luby; 4, Winslow; 3, Bartlett; 2, McCollester; bow, Morgan, and cox, Petite...
McAfee, also a member of the 1942 squad, is a left-handed passing wingback, and Wizbicki, a substitute before the war, is a much improved ball player. This group is bolstered by Stove Conroy, last year's signal-caller; John Comer, an excellent forward passer and newcomer to the Cross; Gene DeFillippe, another passer who is also the Crusaders' number one place-kicker; and Walt Sheridan, highly touted Freshman triple threat who may be sufficiently healed to make his seasonal debut on Saturday...