Word: desk
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Writing and filing have been catch-as-catch-can; the Western Union press representative, Harold Griffin, has lent his shoulders as a desk at an airport, has stood holding a typewriter while a reporter banged away...
...moist forehead leave. The girl in green, still clutching the script, entered the casting room. The large room was scattered with broken furniture, the floors were bare, the walls empty. The director's welcome echoed against the dirty windows while the producer smiled reassuringly from behind an ancient desk. They chatted for a few moments about the play and the weather--the director, the producer, and the young actress...
...theft occurred between nine and eleven in the morning in the suite inhabited by Robert A. Derrow '57, Robert A. de Vito '57, and Darcy B. Wilson '58. Only clothing was removed; eight dollars lying loose in a desk drawer was untouched...
With this year's depth and potential, the team should have little trouble completing its third consecutive undefeated season, which opens Oct. 5 with B.U. and M.I.T. Even the ultra-conservative McCurdy prophesied, knocking superstitiously on his desk. "If our top men stay in top shape, we should beat anyone we run against...
...Force came to know Art Collins as a bold researcher. In 1937, for example, the Federal Communications Commission had a rule limiting aircraft radio transmitters to 50 watts. Collins developed a 100-watt transmitter that he sold to Braniff Airways. Pink FCC violation slips piled on Braniff's desk, but after a lengthy hassle, the FCC finally permitted Braniff and other carriers to raise their power. Says Collins: "In this business, everything begins with FCC saying no, and you start from there...