Word: basement
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...smother noble ambition; to follow a worthy ideal is very fine indeed. But the highest aspirations must be tempered with reason, and a bit of advice offered in good faith should be accepted in good faith. When the meek assistant in Economics A or Government I barges into a basement room of the New Lecture Hall, slams the door, slaps his brief-case upon the desk, and whacks his hat on top of the brief-case, he does not produce the desired effect of exciting the admiration and awe of his class. Rather is the reaction one of perplexity...
This will be the first of a series of meetings to be held regularly throughout the year in the basement of the Student's Club, according to present plans. An effort will be made to secure speakers of national prominence in the various fields of business for the subsequent meetings...
BOSTON-R. H. White Co.; upstairs: Miss H. Gilchrist, underwear: J. Garabedian, rugs; basement; Miss S. Summer, millinery; M. Silverman close-outs, seconds, sportswear, knitwear, robes, cosmetics; 1440 Bway. (Assoc. Mdsg. Corp...
Reason for the comparative discomfort of bachelor hall was that the fixtures in the huge, antiquated kitchen in the basement were being removed to make way for modern electric equipment. A second operation even closer to the Roosevelt heart: an ancient "grotto:' used as a cow barn by Andrew Jackson was being freshened up to serve as a storehouse for rare old hams and fine cheeses relished by the Squire of Hyde Park...
...best-known poem, suffers chiefly from the obligation its producers felt to give it more bloodcurdling situations and paraphernalia than The Black Cat. Consequently the picture is stuffed with horrors to the point of absurdity. One imposing piece of equipment is a bedroom which descends to the basement like an elevator when its owner wishes to harass its occupant...