Word: desks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...front of the ancient desk in the East Room of the White House stood a restless group of photographers in a little forest of tripods. Behind the desk stood a group of Senators, Cabinet Members, State Department officials. At the desk, of course, sat President Coolidge, in frock coat and wing collar. On his right sat Vice President Dawes, on his left, Secretary of State Kellogg, behind his chair stood Idaho's square-faced Borah and Virginia's militant Swanson. All eyes turned toward the green morocco case resting on the desk. It contained the Kellogg-Briand Peace...
...white stone library is not part of Mr. Morgan's residence. It is a Grecian marble treasure house, enclosing two lofty rooms of sombre Renaissance magnificence. One contains the great financier's desk, with a paper weight impossible for a child to lift because it is of pure massy gold. The other room is the library proper, with a huge hearth, on either side of which stand ancient columns of lapis lazuli. Around the library runs an overhanging gallery; and the walls are tiered with volumes more precious than gold itself. The effect is solemn and unostentatious, since...
...more man in the room than was enrolled in the course. Suspicious of some plot on the part of one of his rivals in the phlegtobotany department, he watched for an unfamiliar face as the students came up to leave their books. Just as the throng about the desk was greatest, he caught a glimpse of the strange face. It was only a glimpse, and before he could say a word it was lost in the crowd...
...designated hour and place (to be arranged) to take the examination. Complete announcement (including last year's questions) is posted in the Bureau for Municipal Research (Widener O) and in the office of the CRIMSON. Additional information that may be desired can be ecured through inquiry at the desk in Widener...
...took command of the Herald at the end of the Civil War, spending more time in Europe than in the U. S., continuing his flamboyant exploits. But his word was law, whether shouted across his New York desk or cabled from Paris. He had two supreme maxims...