Word: door
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...blue carloads of well be haved citizens scream like wild-cats as they approach the appalling drop. This year, nestled among the milder attractions of hot dog stands and cherry-go-rounds, there is a new side show: for a nominal sum one may throw baseballs at a wooden door surmounting a small sliding board, and if one strikes the bullseye in the center of the door it pops open, a bell rings, a young lady in a bathing suit slides down, makes her low to the audience, and departs. There are four of these doors, each labelled with...
Premier Poincare, 66, kissed M. le President hastily, rushed for the door, swung out, landed dexterously on the platform...
...Hurry!" cried President Doumergue. Came a suction-sound, "Zsoouk!" M. Herriot, his duty done, swung his large body out the door, urged his legs to a run, let go, lurched but did not fall...
Craftsmen assured the despondent old gentleman they could put his work together again. Silent, he shook his head. "I'm too old," he said, gathering up the broken bits, "my chances are gone," and he doddered out the door...
...allow Mary K. Browne, tennis professional, able golfer, to participate in its amateur golf tournaments. But, as sport writers were quick to point out, Miss Browne can still play in the Western amateur championship or in any other women's district tourneys not under the U.S.G.A. Also, the door is open to her to be reinstated in the U.S.G.A. "after three years of good conduct...