Word: varnished
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...gentleman's janitor approached him and asked with prayerful incredulity if it were true that the larger breweries in this same middle-western city were installing new brewing machinery against the golden day when once again the workers of the land might seek and find solace in the foamy, varnish-colored beverage. Our acquaintance assured him that there was at least a modicum of truth in the report, and his janitor sighed deeply and departed...
...canvas with a wet brush in your hand and give your emotions a free rein. Surrealist Crotti is so certain of the value of his products that he rejects oil paint as too impermanent, works only in lacquer. All his colors are especially ground for him with varnish or turpentine as a base...
...Pittsburgh last week was Augustus John who entered the week's news by finishing, after three years of hastily snatched sittings, a portrait of fox-bearded Governor Montagu Collet Norman of the Bank of England. Between the time the face was sketched in charcoal and the final varnish was applied Governor Norman's beard changed from grey to white...
...Adding Machine Co. sent me. My feet rest on a choice "Quaker" rug that Dwight L. Armstrong. Vice President The Armstrong Cork Co. sent me and I marvel at the whiteness of the Murphy Da Cote enamel on the window and door trim that Salesmanager H. H. Pratt, Murphy Varnish Co. sent me - while Doyle Advertising Manager The Lloyd Mfg. Co. rocks contentedly in a trick rockerless rocker Lloyd Loom Chair he sent...
...life and well-being is incalculable, they could justly figure that eleven billion dollars of industry depend upon their knowledge and activity. The diversity of their work has enforced specializing: agriculture and food chemistry, biology, medicine, cellulose, colloids, dyes, fertilizers, gas and fuel, leather and gelatin, paint and varnish, petroleum, rubber, sugar, water, sewage and sanitation...