Word: waxing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Icarus, according to Greek myth, flew with a pair of wax-affixed wings made by his father, Daedalus. He ignored his father's warning to stay clear of the sun, crashed when the heat melted his wing-wax...
Texaco Buy. Indian Red Gasoline, Havoline Waxfree Lubricating Oil and Pure Parafine Wax are the chief products of Indian Refining Co. whose refinery is at Lawrenceville. Ill. It calls Indiana...
...Chicago, last week, members of the American Astronomical Society held their 44th annual meeting. Between sessions they visited the new Adler Planetarium (TIME, May 19), were entertained there by Director Philip Fox who made suns rise and set, moons wax and wane for them in a few minutes. Speeches outlining the latest astronomical discoveries were given in the Astronomical Museum in the same building with the planetarium. Some important observations...
...experiment begun last week by National Air Transport and Railway Express Agency, with a fireproof and heat-proof cargo pouch developed by Johns-Manville Corp. This new bag was said to withstand a fire hot enough to melt sheet-metal and fuse pipes, without allowing even the sealing wax on letters inside to soften...
...pens scratched. In the name of His Majesty King George V, in the name of His Majesty King Feisal I of Iraq a treaty was signed and sealed with red wax splotches. By its terms the British mandate over Iraq will automatically expire when this little Arab State is accorded its scheduled admission into the League of Nations...