Word: doored
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...know once a month all the fellows would chip in and we would buy a keg"--the Major chuckled to think of this old-time deviltry--"We used to raise the roof. Did you ever hear about Charley--S. M. Charley '07? One night we had to take the door to the Sanctum of its hinges and carry him home on it. Yes, indeed, those were the days...
Madam Secretary Perkins called in the architects, demanded an immediate change. The bedeviled architects protested. Madam Secretary insisted. Moving day for the Department was postponed. Carpenters tore down the second door and masons replaced it with a brick wall two feet thick to protect the Secretary's privacy. Hastily a corner of the Solicitor's office was hedged off for a second bathroom for Mr. Wyzanski's private...
Meanwhile no one had forgotten the oil. France had taken Germany's place. The U. S. had cut itself in on the pure-hearted principle of the "open door." Perhaps the Turkish concession was good but the companies wanted a new one from Irak's King Feisal. At last Irak Petroleum Co. was formed and the shares were equally divided, 23% each, among the winners: The Netherlands' Royal Dutch-Shell; Anglo-Persian, in which the British Government has a 50% interest; France's Compagnie Française des Pétroles, in which the French Government...
...voice from the Throne, first in English, then in French: "Honorable Members of the Senate: "Members of the House of Commons: "I welcome you at a time when our country stands upon the threshold of a new era of Prosperity. It will be for you to throw wide the door! During the past year the grip of hard times has been broken...
Only two dozen tickets remain to be sold, and the House Committee has announced that no more will be printed, as the limited size of the dining hall necessitates a check upon the number attending. However, in order that none may be disappointed at the door, the House Committee has announced that the tickets, which are now selling for $3.50 per couple, will be on sale at the door for $5.00 per couple and $2.00 per stag. Professor and Mrs. J.P. Baxter III head the list of patrons and patronesses, and Robert R. McGoodwin, Jr. '35, is in charge...