Word: shield
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...False Shield for Revolution...
...Long, dark months of trial and tribulation lie before us. Not only many dangers but many more misfortunes, many mistakes and disappointments will surely be our lot; death and sorrow will be our companions on the journey, hardship our garment, constancy and valor our only shield...
Willys, which has had more ups & downs in recent years than any other car, got patriotic, named its '41s "Americar," dropped the once-famed "Overland" name altogether. Four cylinders turn out 63 h.p., wheel base is two inches longer and every car has a gravel shield at the rear end. Prices...
...cells of earth's plants and animals. Such cells must have access to water, as a medium of nourishment and energy exchange, and to oxygen or carbon dioxide for metabolism. An atmosphere would also be desirable, 1) as a storehouse of oxygen and carbon dioxide; 2) as a shield against the ultraviolet radiation of the parent sun; 3) as a muffler against sharp day & night temperature changes. Any conceivable kind of living cell would be killed or paralyzed by extreme cold...
...just heard the Rev. Daniel Maria Gleason, C.S.C., sing his first High Mass, trooped 3,500 blue-uniformed cops. At a Communion breakfast afterward they cheered wildly when Police Commissioner Lewis Joseph Valentine presented their ex-buddy with a gold chalice upon which shone a reproduction of his old shield...