Word: doored
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...hall entrance with two others, but we could not make headway against the stream of persons pouring out. Before us, filling the hall, was a yellow-grey wall of dust and smoke. . . . Several wounded faltered through the door. I broke through and . . . the way into the hall was now free. I had to adjust my eyes to the dimness. Then I saw what had happened...
...mission in World War I. As member of the Paris banking house of Lazard Fréres, he also knows how business between the two countries is done in peacetime. No sooner had word of his arrival spread than eager agents began banging on his door at the French Line offices...
Friends of the Supreme Court in this case were SEC, ICC, Solicitor General Robert H. Jackson. Mr. Douglas thought the Court's friends were right, that the common stockholders had pulled a fast one on the preferred, ruled that they could get their foot inside the door of the reorganized company only if they paid their way in with new money. The decision thus strengthened the hands of bondholders, preferred stockholders in future reorganizations. Wrote Mr. Justice Douglas...
...White Horse." Features, 1) an air-cooled motor which is slung just ahead of the rear axle, can be unhitched and wheeled out on the rear wheels, an arrangement which claims to eliminate 551 parts, to facilitate keeping a fleet of trucks in condition, 2) a push-button door latch which needs but to be properly bumped to open, 3) an all-welded chassis (no bolts, no rivets), 4) a clutch-and-gear-shift combination which can be operated with one hand. Capacity of the truck is from 1½ to 3 tons pay load. Use, for door-to-door...
Mack Trucks, Inc. (first in sales of heavy duty trucks): the new $1,145 Mack "Retailer," snoutless, shaped like a loaf of bread, 1½-ton pay load, for door-to-door work. The Mack line has 24 standard models at prices from $675 for 1-ton chassis to some $18,000 for 60-ton; others to order. Mack's boast: 72.9% of Mack trucks sold since 1929 are still in service...