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Word: sunlamps (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Even at the last minute the conference lived up to its reputation for the unexpected. While the 14 delegates blinked at a battery of cameras, a short-circuited sunlamp set fire to one of the saffron window curtains. The 14 delegates sat, dignified and stately, while excited waiters and cameramen rushed about with fire extinguishers, put out the blaze...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: By the People's Advice | 6/17/1929 | See Source »

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