Word: woodenness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...black-suited group lined up on Arlington street behind a wooden Crucifix and a large painting of the Virgin Mary and at 3:30 began their silent march across the Common...
...Lowell House sophomore has devised a method to save fellow Bellboys from the crushing Lamont Library fine system. By placing their books in a wooden box the night before, Lowell men can wake up at 11 a.m. and find themselves only 10 to 25 cents poorer. Without the service, late risers might incur losses as high as two dollars per book...
...service, students place their books in a wooden box located in the Lowell superintendent's office. After 12:45, when the office closes, the box is placed in front of FitzPatrick's room on the third floor of the House's O-entry. The box stays there until shortly before nine o'clock, when the service (FitzPatrick) returns them to Lamont...
American Indians are on the warpath against cheap Japanese imitations of tribal handicrafts. From the Southwest, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the National Park Service have received complaints about Japanese versions of Navaho beadwork, Zuni jewelry, Hopi kachina dolls (painted wooden dolls representing Indian deities). From the Northwest have come reports of made-in-Japan totem poles and ivory carvings. The Japanese imitations sell for as little as one-fifth Indian prices. Up until last year, the Park Service had a regulation against sales of foreign-made handicrafts by concessionaires in national parks, but the ban was lifted...
Buried Treasure. In Paris, police arrested Thief Roger Lhomel, shipped him off to the hospital when he announced that he had swallowed his loot: a gold bracelet, a wedding ring, a gold watch band, a religious medal, a three-inch wooden crucifix...