Word: rubbering
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Action: the King-Emperor approached a huge power press and thrust into it, with well simulated carelessness, not only an object to be pressed but also his right hand. As the huge plunger crashed down, perturbed eyewitnesses could barely follow the lightning movement of a rubber guard which brusquely pushed the royal hand & forearm to a safe distance...
Strapping Christian undergraduates, some carrying rubber blackjacks, loitered in truculent groups, early one morning last week, before the lavish baroque facade of the University at Budapest. When Jewish students began to arrive, swinging off bright yellow trams in the Egyetem-ter (University Square), their Christian classmates menaced them with commands to "Go home!", hurled ribald taunts & insults...
...Java he served the rich Van Ressler long and faithfully. Van Ressler was grateful. He rewarded Dundee by giving him a generous portion of his rubber plantation. The trees were young but would be ready to tap in a year or so. Success was at hand...
...Magnesite is an ore much mined in the U. S. In its crude form it is used for steel making. With lime, it is a filler in rubber making. It is also used in fireproof cement and insulating materials. . . . The President raised the U. S. tariff 50% on imported magnesite...
...looks so funny . . . and his shoes, well they look like broken coal shovels . . . you have to see his face ... it makes you laugh. . . ." Marceline hated to be called a clown in those days. Clowns are the silly fellows in the circus who get guffaws by contorting their inane rubber faces, by painting big spots on their cheeks and putting putty on their noses. Marceline was a droll, or better still...