Word: wood
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Calculated Risk. Some facts were all too clear. Unlike modern U.S. ships, which contain almost no wood, the Yarmouth Castle was loaded with in flammable paneling and furniture. The fire, which apparently started three decks down amidships, gutted the passenger quarters with satanic speed. Passengers had not been given a single lifeboat drill or even told where their life jackets were stored...
...From Wood to Yttrium. Among the most pressed are companies in the normally placid furniture industry, which has profited by a substantial return to wooden cabinets for color TV. Many companies have doubled or tripled production, are busy turning out decorator cabinets that can run the cost of a TV set (average: $550) up to $1,600. Both Miller TV Products Co. of High Point, N.C. (which supplies RCA and Motorola), and Drexel Furniture (which supplies Motorola) have greatly stepped up production to meet demand. Small Muntz TV Inc. recently bought into a Michigan cabinetmaker in order to protect...
...commission is India's sixth, beginning with the Wood's Education Dispatch of 1854. It is the first, however, to consider all aspects of the national system. Beebe said a major problem is the power distribution between city, state, and national educational agencies...
...first quarter seemed to justify the overwhelming majority of the experts. Tallback Ron Landeck, on his way to breaking Gary Wood's Ivy single-season total offense mark and Dick Kasmaier's Princeton season record, led the Tigers 69 yards to a 7-0 lead...
...dairy barn, attend compulsory chapel, then turn to rigorous academic work until 3 p.m. After that come the chores, which range from polishing the chapel's huge picture window to varnishing floors, feeding the pigs, washing the dishes, cutting and carting a portion of the 500 tons of wood that the school consumes each year. In the evening he will study under a master's eye. Lights...