Word: desk
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...operated a 3d. & 6d. chain by that name for several years but abandoned it in 1930. Last week, John Thrifty returned to life in a maroon and cream shop on Oxford Street. Little Mr. Selfridge (5 ft. 5½ in.) will keep an eye on it from his mahogany desk in his big store across the street...
...sooner had Congressman Jenks spread his papers on his desk, than relentless Alphonse Roy carried his case to a House Committee on Elections, on which Democrats outnumber Republicans 6-to-3. They voted 6-to-3 in favor of seating Democrat Roy. Unsatisfied, the House gave the committee $5.000 for further hearings, the unprecedented task of interviewing all of Newton's voters to see whether there had been 458, as Mr. Jenks maintained, or 424, as claimed by Mr. Roy. After interviewing all they could find- nine had died-the committee reported that 458 votes had been cast...
Testifying last, Director Lilienthal was expected to supply the major fireworks. Although he occasionally put some feeling into his voice, once pounded his desk, his was mostly another long, dull recital. After deploring the "reckless charges, insinuations and unjustifiable slurs" of a "character assassin," Director Lilienthal defended his "yardstick," his negotiations with Commonwealth & Southern, the wisdom and economy of his power program. Of the Berry Marble Case he said: "I deny flatly that I adopted ... a position of deference to Major Berry. . . . This particular situation concerns a mere difference of opinion ... as to the course of procedure best adopted...
Otherwise, a student may leave an addressed card with the names of his courses written on it at the Information Desk in University 4. This card will be mailed when complete returns...
...Vagabond is uneasy. He would like to throw back the covers and cool off, but he doesn't quite dare with such an inquisitive visitor making the rounds of his belongings. The winged lancer squares off on the desk calendar and snorts contemptuously at a picture of the Vagabond's best girl. Bored, he revs up his motor and decides to leaves. He mistakes the mirror for a window and is quite some shaken up by the minor crackup which ensues. Then, having been aroused, he changes instantly from a disturbance into a menace. He runs out his stinger...