Word: chuted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...withdrawal period shortened from four to two weeks. For these changes much credit is due the Library staff, but there are still several improvements which would serve even further to increase the efficiency of the Library. Among these, two should be immediate; first, the erection of a chute by which books might be returned, and second, the breaking down of an entire wall to furnish additional space in the Delivery Room...
...near the ground level, much after the fashion of the arrangement at Boylston, it would save a great many unnecessary steps, and would make it possible to return books late at night instead of early in the morning. To prevent damage to the books thus returned, a slightly inclined chute--similar to those now in use at Columbia University--might be provided. Since a delivery system is neither intricate nor expensive there should be no serious objection to its immediate installation; and if the extensive use of the Boylston chute, which handles approximately a thousand books a month...
...been necessary to abandon the ship in the air over land, the crew would have slipped into parachutes suspended in the cabin like oldtime fire-horse harness, pulled a lever that unpinned the door hinges, kicked their way to freedom. Floating down with them, attached to each 'chute, would have been a compact parcel containing 30 days' rations, water, a hunting knife, fishing tackle, a first-aid kit and snakebite remedy...
Feature race was the $2,500 Hollywood Premiere Handicap which was won by Airman William Edward Boeing's Air Chute. Many of the day's racing fans, however, failed to watch the race. They were busy inspecting the $2,500,000 plant, its 315 acres, its stalls for 1,250 horses. It was all that they expected it to be. In the infield, three lakes in tiers gurgled at one another by means of connecting waterfalls, squadrons of swans were kept in line by a female swanherd dressed in yellow satin. A three-piece swing band furnished...
...hazards they run away from. Leader Joe Leuthold at once gave the order to descend. The wind was so sharp the Mazamas had to back down the draw. Ice crusted their goggles; sleet froze on their faces and clothes. After the party had reached the base of the chute, they broke strings, reassembled, continued the descent. Some of them were not dressed warmly enough for the extreme cold...