Word: doored
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Because the door donor was "too closely allied with a government which had interfered seriously with educational liberties," Harvard university has refused the $10,000 gift offered by Ernst Hanfstaengl, a Harvard alumnus and Nazi press chief. The gift was offered in response to a form letter sent out by the University to its alumni asking for assistance in the development of its national scholarships. This gift would make possible ten years of study at the University of Munich for American students. For the same reason, according to official announcements, the university administration last year refused a smaller gift from...
...burst into the room like a bombshell. While she tries to muster breath for a reply, "Kitty"-overshoes just removed going on again-scorchingly informs us that he cannot afford to waste an hour with a group of girls who apparently know nothing about Shakspere. The bang of the door upon his angry retreat is an effective spanking administered to our abysmal ignorance. After a minute or two we laugh, because we realize that class attendance is poor that morning, and that "Kitty" doesn't want to bother with a lecture...
...home of the Fly. A crowd came running at the sound, packed close around the big car from which Franklin Roosevelt emerged. "Boooh!" shouted voices in the rear. "Boo! Boo!" Seldom in his life had Franklin Roosevelt been booed. He looked straight ahead as he was helped toward the door of his Club...
...Hurja used different-colored stationery which amplified the phrases of his letters. If the applicant carried a white letter, he was to be given a job if one were available. A buff letter meant that Emil Hurja was recommending him for a position. A blue letter opened every door, practically guaranteed the applicant...
...could hardly repress a laugh as I watched the old fellow, wiping beads of perspiration from his brow, fidgeting nervously with the golden head on his cane. Finally he walked up the stairs to the Sanctum. I could hear him moving about, piling the furniture before the door, and locking the windows. At length he called down to me through the copy shoot...