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Word: woodworking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sickbay. When the big guns started, "the heavens resounded like an iron dome struck by Titans' hammers." The Russian shells were armor-piercing but often nonexplosive; the Japanese shells exploded on contact, started hundreds of fires on the Russian ships, which were heavily overdecorated with woodwork. The Japanese gunners concentrated their aim at the leading Russian ships; the Russians shot at anything they could see. First casualty was the Oslyabya. Pounded by six Japanese cruisers, her guns went silent one by one. The jar of each Japanese hit was like "hundreds of iron rails . . . dropped from a great height...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Epic of Defeat | 2/8/1937 | See Source »

Mary by an Englishman, Artist Cecil Beaton. "The decorations have a monotony without uniformity," wrote this lily-loving young photographer of noble ladies. "There is too much woodwork. . . . The main lounge sadly misses the discarded Duncan Grant mural. The effort at being modern is decidedly forced. . . . The Veranda Grill, however, is by far the prettiest room on any ship. . . . When constructing a boat, even a luxury liner, the English do not consider their women very carefully...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: R.M.S. King George | 7/13/1936 | See Source »

While repainting Lowell House's tall Tower recently, the members of the Maintenance Department were puzzled to find a bright new arrow driven deeply into the woodwork. It was supposed at first that someone had been hunting pigeons from the rooftops. Investigation proved however that a local archer had let fly in irritation after being disturbed by the infamous Bells...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Strictly Speaking | 4/27/1936 | See Source »

What's in a goal - post besides splinters? The alcoholic warriors who stormed the end zones Saturday afternoon were no sordid materialists interested in amassing odd cubic feet of painted woodwork. It was the story of the Grail all over again, and the strength of each embattled defender was the strength of ten because, like Tennyson's Galahad, his heart was pure. It was fight for honor--not exactly the much-publicized national honor, but something essentially as noble...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT | 10/14/1935 | See Source »

...room capable of seating over 100 students at a time and a large common room furnished as a lounge for recreation and study, in addition to locker and wash rooms. The dining room, on the east side of the building, is a large room with cream-colored walls, white woodwork, and two fireplaces. The new center will be open only to upperclassmen, Freshmen being permitted to use the dining and library facilities of the Harvard Union...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DUDLEY HALL OPENS AS NEW COMMUTER CENTER | 9/23/1935 | See Source »

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