Word: woole
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...began at 8 a.m., and here real complications set in. His full, black beard was a sanitary problem in surgery, requiring special snood-like surgical masks. His tallith katan, a small prayer shawl worn by many Orthodox Jews under their shirts, had to be made of cotton instead of wool -which might set off a static spark and ignite the anesthetic in an operating room...
...WOOL-CARPET PRICE boost of 5% to 10% at retail level is expected to follow 2% to 4% increase at wholesale by leading makers, third price jump in six months because of high raw-wool costs...
Behind a tiny row house in Baltimore, a boatman scours his homemade runabout with steel wool, oblivious to neighborly wisecracks ("Where you gonna get two of every animal, Henry?"). At Cleveland's Yachting Club, a big woman in small slacks mounts the ladder of a cruiser, hoists a heavy box of tools, inches into the cabin to repair the head...
Thinking Boy's Filter. This week, plump with ads and solid with facts, the four regional editions of the Farm Journal dropped heavily into country mailboxes across the land. "Hold wool for higher prices," it briskly warned. "Finish selling wheat. Prices are at their peak." As always, the features were gingham-crisp; "New Pay-Offs with Plastic Mulch," "How to Sell Bulls for 30% More," and "Need Bees? Make a Bed for 'Em." The farmer's wife got a new recipe for Danish raspberry pie, and the farmer's daughter learned that if she had light...
...Titusville, Pa., a for-sale ad in the Herald offered wool blankets, furniture, a shotgun, a wedding ring...