Word: woolen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Instead of working at the hopeless task of making the Charles suitable for swimming, the Commission is construct- ing a series of public pools on the river's banks. Another constructive step which has been taken is the lessening of waste production in the woolen mills through the adoption of improved industrial techniques. But, Mr. Taylor states, this is only a minor triumph. "The sheep is a filthy animal," he says, and nothing can be done about...
...dressing room of Antwerp's Sportpalais, Trainer Harry ("Papa") Wiley had unpacked the bag, spread a clean linen sheet over the rubbing table, laid out the clean woolen socks, the purple trunks, the boxing shoes with new laces. Robinson gave one dour look at the preparations and grumbled: "It's cold here...
...August 11, 1816, a group of students petitioned for permission to wear uniform dress. The faculty promptly complied, and prescribed the wearing on black woolen coats, pantaloons, longcoats and capes...
...various times in the history of the University, students have been forced to accept more controlled clothing rules. In 1789, the "Committee for Uniformity of Studente's Habit" required of all freshmen the wearing of blue-grey woolen coats and "waistcoats and breeches of the same colour...
Rearmament's Bulge. Rearmament's demands had also perked up many an industry, notably aluminum. Reynolds Metals net jumped from $1,454,257 to $5,696,031, a 300% rise. Big American Woolen Co., which has either a feast or a famine, watched its profits soar from a moth-eaten $230,000 to $1,095,000. And the once-sputtering airlines were purring like jets: American turned a $1,331,285 loss into a $2,914,610 profit. The building boom, nipped by restrictions on private housing, had merely shifted its base to the bigger boom of expanding...