Word: desks
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...rape of Czechoslovakia," or immediately after Daladier announced his latest batch of decree-laws. In fact, a Labor leader chooses to general-strike when he gets a hunch he can win. It was on such a hunch that Labor Tsar Jouhaux acted last week. He has his desk in the control tower of the French General Labor Confederation's renovated, seven-story Paris "skyscraper." There last week he telephoned, telegraphed his labor-general-staff orders throughout France...
...where Charles higher-ups work in offices as cluttered as the back rooms of country stores, President George Ruckdeschel said he was "too low" to discuss the reasons why the store was closing. Low in spirit but not so taciturn was Chairman William A. Charles. Behind his roller-top desk, looking like a baffled and unhappy small-town grocer, this tall, grey-haired, 70-year-old son of the store's founder talked of Charles & Co.'s rise & fall...
...hammers were grabbed; one roommate, who went by the name of Bruce, rolled his trousers for protection. After a hasty tactical conference they attacked the bedroom, closing the door afterwards so their would be no egress. Three dropped to their kness; the fourth ascended a chair to observe. Desk, bookcase, rug, mattress were examined. No prey...
...second and major suggestion for the improvement of service in Widener Library entails a certain amount of architectural adjustment. At the present time the cramped space of the Delivery Room and the small size of the delivery desk result in an inordinate amount of confusion and delay; there is rarely enough room to sit down, and the crowds that mill around the desk interfere with those who are trying either to file slips or withdraw books. These present difficulties could be eliminated by breaking down the wall between the present Bibliographical Reference Room and the Delivery Working Room, making...
...ample space in the front half to install benches for as many as thirty weary students, but also space in the rear half for the files, shelves and other paraphernalia necessary for the operation of the delivery system. Such a remodeling would have many beneficial results: a larger delivery desk would speed up operations during rush hours; moving the delivery desk nearer the stacks would permit an additional increase in speed; students would have a great deal more space to sit down, which would decrease the confusion now prevalent in active periods; and finally, the center of activity would...