Word: waxing
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...shipments caused great annoyance to the S. 0. S. When extra long piles were needed for piers, they were sent over?sawed in pieces to fit between a ship's bulkheads. General Pershing had to order a halt on such nonessentials as "bath bricks, bath tubs, bookcases, cuspidors, floor wax, stepladders, lawn mowers, sickles, stools and window shades." Winter clothing for troops did not arrive until long after the first snows...
...have allowed the Malays fend their little rajas to be as lazy as they like. Most hard work is done and much big money is made by Chinese immigrants whose palaces grow constantly more numerous. The British keep largely in their own hands the banking and shipping. They, too, wax rich...
...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...