Word: mildewed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When the flooded area was visited last night, the stench was overpowering. One student described it as "putrid--it smells like mildew." The floors were warped, the plaster was spattered, but the lung-clogging stench prevented a detailed examination of the damaged suites...
Made of polypropylene fiber, a common petroleum byproduct, Ozite Town 'N' Terrace carpet does not absorb moisture, resists acids, grease, mildew, children and dogs-and can be cleaned by a simple hosing down. Originally intended mainly for patios, Ozite is spreading to schools, supermarkets, kitchens, and is carpeting yachts gunwale to gunwale. Dyed cardinal red, it was used last year to cover the altar set up in Yankee Stadium for Pope Paul's visit. Hoping that consumers will think up more tasks for the product, admen have settled on a simple slogan: "Use your imagination...
...have coupled the Fort McHenry flag with such Smithsonian "mildew" as General Sheridan's horse or a human-finger necklace. You fail to mention the fact that the most prominent single exhibit in the new Museum of History and Technology is the Fort McHenry flag which stimulated Francis S. Key to the composition of what became the national anthem...
...official U.S. national museum, faithfully attended by 14.5 million visitors a year, the Smithsonian still avidly collects national memorabilia-General Eisenhower's dress uniform, the Friendship 7 space capsule-but at the venerable age of 118, much of its mildew has been cleaned off. The old fossil is in the midst of a flourishing rejuvenation. In the first step of an ambitious new building program, the Smithsonian's vast Museum of History and Technology last month moved from cramped, cluttered quarters into a $36 million pink Tennessee marble palace that squats with blank-walled solidity on Constitution Avenue...
Chemical companies often call for molds or bacteria to make such things as citric acid for soft drinks. Airplane manufac turers order fungi to test the mildew proofing of their airplanes. Three strains of mutated Staphylococcus aureus, a con tribution from Russia, are used for screen ing anti-cancer drugs...