Word: desk
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Despite the addition of a second checkout desk, lines clog the lobby at the 9 p.m. signout hour, and the student who has already checked out his books must wait for a pink-card inspection just to get out of the building...
Admittedly, lines of some sort are unavoidable. But the waiting imposed on those who have already signed for their books need not continue. The third checkout desk in the lobby should be opened for these borrowers. They could then file past rapidly, displaying pink cards as they leave. In this way, they would not have to waste time in a line slowed by others checking out their books. Getting into the study facilities behind the theater-like lobby may be Lamont's main attraction, but getting out swiftly should at least be a second feature...
...littered office at Republican national headquarters one day last week, a worn G.O.P. tactician looked up from his master list of congressional districts, nervously reshuffled the foot-high pile of reports on his desk and breathed: "Thank God it isn't next week." Only a few blocks away at Democratic national headquarters, a party tactician jauntily swung his feet up on his desk, carefully straightened his tie (miniature dogs-in honor of Charlie Wilson-on a black back ground) and sighed: "Oh, if it were only next week...
There is too little space, with offices and consulting rooms pushed into small niches that resemble roomy closets. The location of the rooms also causes difficulty. Long flights of stairs separate the registration desk, offices, and the surgical ward...
...policy matters while Faneuf handles operations. Before he joined Bell in 1943, Faneuf had worked at almost everything else but aviation. After graduating from Vermont's Norwich University (1926), Faneuf became commandant of the Niagara Falls De Veaux School. The next year he was on the copy desk at the Buffalo Courier-Express, a year later went back to teaching (French) at Buffalo's exclusive Nichols School for boys. He kept on job-jumping (political reporter at the now defunct Buffalo Times, secretary to Buffalo's mayor, district manager of Buffalo's OPA office) before joining...