Word: warps
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Japanese have made themselves unpopular in Manchoukuo, and spoofs loudly at the idea that the new state was founded on the happy will of thirty million Manchurians. All this is too naive for Mr. Kawakami, who builds up a really coherent and credible defense for his countrymen on the warp of a new political thesis. This thesis holds that the white man, since Metternich developed the principle of wholesale intervention, has held that principle his exclusive preserve, and is inclined to view with anger any Japanese poaching. Thus the League Council continued, despite the Lytton report, to speak...
Extension screens . . . 2 for 94?. . . . The frames are of wood and will warp in time. But the joints are dovetailed so they'll stand a lot of slamming windows...
...Please - it's Barber-Colman [TIME, Sept. 21, p. 55] and it's a spooler and a warper - two different machines. . . . Also this system is acknowledged to be one of the foremost developments of past decade in textile manufacturing, greatly speeding up & simplifying the preparation of the warp threads for the loom and the weaving process. Preparation of the cotton fibre for weaving is a complicated process with too many operations involved. Present mills are seeing and will see a good many simplifications and combinations of these spinning operations (occurring prior to the spooling & warping mentioned above...
...business with assets of some $60.000,000. with 3,500 employes and an annual payroll of over $6.500.000. Redwood is a soft, workable wood much like cedar and cypress. It has no resin or pitch, burns slowly, hence is favored by homebuilders. It is hardy, will neither rot nor warp. In addition to sales to U. S. consumers, the new company will push exports, especially to tropical countries. For, unlike most lumber, redwood is not relished by white ants...
Like the valet, the students do not see the many excellent qualities of their school, which outsiders recognize and appreciate. Perhaps because of the years of tradition, such New England universities as Harvard and Yale are apt to overshadow a younger school like Boston University and warp the student's outlook on the excellencies of this institution...