Word: bill
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When Congress meets, the report of the U. S.-Canadian engineers together with that of the Army engineers will be submitted as a basis for legislation. Undaunted, Representative S. Wallace Dempsey of New York, Chairman of the House Rivers and Harbors Committee, will urge his bill for the all-American canal...
This extra cafeteria department would overcome the one objection to a Common dining hall, the fact that a long period of eating in one place, no matter what the variety of the bill of fare, becomes monotonous. Then, too, students not desiring a hearty meal, could procure a few special dishes at such a place...
...present eating situation. If the Harvard Union itself were a regular restaurant, it would have gone bankrupt long ago. The dinner it serves for 90 per cents, for instance, can be surpassed by half a dozen restaurants near the Yard. If the service were good or the bill of fare attractively varied, it might be much more popular than it is, despite the poorly cooked food, but they aren...
...piping hot and icy cold dishes should be features of the new regime. Students should be encouraged to drop written criticisms of the menu in a box provided for that sole purpose. Those in charge of the dining-halls might thus be informed of student opinion, and regulate the bill of fare accordingly. The majority of students could probably be accommodated at the following hours: 8-9, 12-1.30, 6-7; but a small section of each building should, be open, to accommodate men who for various reasons cannot take their meals at the more usual hours, as follows...
...fire in the Santiago Canyon region in California their messenger dog came crawling on his belly. His eyes were red from the smoke, his fur burned by shoots of fire. While rangers comforted him, he licked his burns, fell asleep, whimpering. This must not happen again. So District Ranger Bill Freer made him an asbestos coat, good protection. Asbestos, a mineral found notably in the Province of Quebec, does not decompose under even relatively high degrees of heat. Nor does it allow heat to pass through it easily. Another characteristic is its resistance to most acids. These points...