Word: tiling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...British out of the one village (Sedjenane), lost 3,000 men, 30 tanks. The British said that their losses were light. They still held Beja and Medjez-el-Bab - and Arnim was frustrated until he could take those two key points. If he could capture Beja with its pretty, tile-roofed houses and its oft-bombed rub ble, the whole Allied line would have to fall back; the final Allied offensive might be set back many weeks...
...that of quantity. Cartons piled to the roof, boxes and cases of rare spices and sauces which barely put in their appearance in the family larder all fill the eye. Then gradually a few details become clear. There is a distinct impression of a close trinity of material--tile, wood, and iron. Tile walls and floor glistening white view with wetly scrubbed tables marked by the deep scars of many knives, while both stand in contrast to the sombre mass of iron stoves and pots, worn, rubbed and fiercely...
Great baking ovens occupy one side of the room. Reaching the ceiling, their great tile fronts seem to glower over the whole room. They are heated to a tremendous temperature by gas jets, and when they are opened, the narrow tile inner ovens are incandescant with heat. "Peel poles" 12 to 14 feet in length with wooden paddles on one end are the agents for placing leaves in and removing them from the ovens. In the baking of French bread the crowning touch is the use of steam jets on the hot loaves to produce a perfect crust...
Best lineman on the Brown eleven is Jay Fidler, a tackle. The center or the Bruin line has been strengthened by Sophomore stars. Lon Regise, center, has been one of the spark plugs of Brown defense, while Phil Teacher and Tile Margarita, guards, block down the field for Brown runners...
...second period tile Crimson booters added a third goal on a "perfect" play by a trio consisting of Jack Dixson, Eli Berman, and Jack Calhoun. The score was made when Berman, from an M.I.T. corner of the field, relayed a kick from Dixson to Calhoun, Calhoun in turn made a magnificent head shot which escaped Rosenberg, the Tech goalie...