Word: doored
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Truman's moment of victory found him prepared. He had called in a barber, had a shave and a hair trim. He put on a fresh white shirt and a double-breasted blue suit. The news came to him in a shout which he heard through the closed door of his sitting room. Newsmen had just got the flash of Tom Dewey's concession. A few minutes later the President invited the newsmen into his parlor. As each came by he shook hands and said, "Thank you, thank you." Harry Truman's palm was moist, and behind...
...bill collector with a broom. Said the judge: "A woman's home is her castle, and she doesn't have to have anyone in it she doesn't want." ¶In San Francisco, Patrick James Fleming, 23, an ex-convict, discovered a trap door in the men's room leading to a false ceiling over the Bond Bar. He holed up every night before closing, emerged after hours to help himself to liquor and sandwiches, was not discovered until 30 days later when a customer noticed whiskey leaking through the ceiling. Said Fleming: "I never...
...Door-to-door soliciting by Annex community service committee representatives plus a signup booth in Agassiz House turned in 41 volunteers, more than double last year's number. Because of Health Center opposition, no goal was set for Radcliffe...
...former years, the Student Council conducted the Combined Charities Drive. This Year the independent committee is charge, and will solicit commuters by mail at the same time the door-to-door canvassing in the Houses begins...
Finally it was announced twice to the crowd still surrounding the door that absolutely no-one else could be admitted because of the rigid fire laws; whereupon, before the door had closed each time, a few particular people were allowed to go in. This of course infuriated the rest of the crowd. It is unfortunate that such undemocratic favoritism should flourish in Harvard at a concert supposedly equally free to all Either everyone waiting should have been admitted...