Word: pooling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...have read with a sickening sense of frustration the account of the swimming pool riots in St. Louis in TIME, July 4. My feeling is intensified by the knowledge that the news of this disgraceful performance has been published all over Europe...
Last week, in the courtyard of Des Moines' handsome new Art Center, lowans gaped at a bronze stallion the likes of which had never been seen before. Mounted in the center of a spacious reflecting pool was the latest work of Swedish Sculptor Carl Milles, a magnificent, larger-than-life Pegasus. Broad-beamed, with hefty wings spread, it zoomed through space at the angle of a sloop in a summer squall. Soaring precariously above was the horse's 1,000-lb. bronze rider, Greek adventurer Bellerophon (see cut), with arms outstretched and nine stout bolts through one foot...
...well there that attendance had jumped from 150 reservists a weekend to 600, with at least 150 families a week tagging along. The men got a chance to do a little brushing up on their weapons and marksmanship. Their wives and youngsters had a wonderful time at the swimming pool and among the rock-bottom prices of the post exchange. And, said one reservist's wife at Fort MacArthur: "It's a pleasure to be here and know that my husband is really out with a tank and not a blonde...
Last month, Western officials cautiously started to let some money pour into West Germany's economic pool. The Bank Deutscher Länder relaxed credit restrictions by lowering the rediscount rate for its member banks. West Germany's economic boss, Dr. Ludwig Erhard, announced an 8½-billion-mark investment program for the coming fiscal year...
...Falls (out of tanks of an agitated soap solution); a full-sized train that can disappear into the hills; a steam curtain that fills the stage with billowing clouds; an ocean freighter that is torpedoed, splits in two and sinks from sight. The stage has also held a swimming pool, a helicopter and 30 trained horses...