Word: doored
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...this juncture we had already taken up much of Mr. Rogers' time and again we attempted to make an excuse for the intrusion. But Mr. Rogers said that it really was quite alright. "In fact," he went on to say, "After every show I go out to the stage door to autograph pictures for the kiddies, and I still get a big kick out of it. This whole business of theatrical life is still a big game for me and I like it." And with that he said goodbye cordially shaking hands with an extra pressure in farewell
Hearing that the vice president had come to see him, President Byers arose. He greeted Mr. Gray at the door, chatted with him for a moment. A few of the clerks looked up and watched. It was well known that there was tension between the vice president and his superior. And everyone knew that neither was a man to give in. President Byers was obviously a fighter. If his appearance did not tell you that at once, his record did. Labor unions had fought him in vain; aggressiveness had marked his long rise from the position of assistant engineer...
...Gray entered the president's office, Mr. Springer left. The door was closed. The stenographers and clerks did not hear the lock snap shut. But before Mr. Springer reached the lift the sound of angry voices came from the room. Then, in startling succession, came a fusillade of five shots. The outer office froze into silent, motionless attention. Before it was broken there was a round of five more shots, the sound of glass falling...
Charles E. Belt, clerk, was the first man to respond. He leaped to the door. When he couldn't open it, he smashed his fist through the glass. He gasped at what he saw through the tinkling gash. Almost against the door lay the president, bloody, limp, dead. In a corner the vice president was clutching his side, moaning as in an agonizing contortion as he attempted to rise to his feet. The heavy rug was crumpled, a chair was overturned, bullets had ripped the mahogany desk...
...inherently Roman Catholic symbolism. Whatever the Scriptures suggested to Riverside iconographers, that they designed. Thus the chapel reredos is dominated by a massive cross. Above its crossbar is the hand of the Father and the dove of the Holy Spirit and, carved small, the cruciform Son. However, the nave door of the chapel portrays the Nativity, without using the motif of Virgin & Child...