Word: wooled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Acceptance meant retirement from politics, burning his ambition to become Prime Minister. The Galloper took the woolsack (a large red cloth cushion stuffed with wool), sat on it as a Lord Chancellor must, rested his foot on it now and then as a Lord Chancellor must not. In 1919 he became Baron Birkenhead, in 1921 accepted a Viscountcy commemorating his wife's maiden name (Furneaux), and in 1922 was created Earl of Birkenhead with an arrogant-humorous armorial motto of his own devising Faber Meae Fortunae: "[I'm] the Smith of my own Fortune...
...months of the year. No trees can grow there, no cats can live there, no horses, no rabbits, no rats. The St. Kildans (a population of 30 to 100 has lived there for centuries) speak nothing but Gaelic, do not bother to shear their wild sheep but pull the wool out by the fistful. They live on potatoes and sea birds. In winter, when the island is inaccessible, the St. Kildans maintained communication with the outside world by means of "sea messages." Letters placed in strong wooden boxes were thrown from the sheer cliffs. The prevailing westerly winds generally carried...
...Sixth international wool conference; at Liege, Belgium...
...livestock co-operative does its own buying and selling. The wool association trades through Draper & Co. of Boston. The bean and pecan organizations are still developing their marketing system...
...Englanders who work in the great Amoskeag cotton, wool and rayon mills at Manchester, N. H., came last week two welcome announcements: 1) All disputes about last winter's 5% bonus have been adjusted; 2) The company will assume responsibility for its employes' deposits in the $11,000,000 Merrimac River Savings Bank which recently closed its doors (TIME, June...