Word: doored
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...moonlit mist. The crew started preparing flares, and their job was typical of the makeshift means the French must so often use in Indo-China. The flares were designed for bomb-bay release, but tonight they would have to be shoved by hand from the C-47's door. The delicate business of arming them must be done after takeoff. A sergeant flung one flare tail cap on the floor and swore. "It's defective," he grumbled. "This happens all the time. The bombs are too old." He pointed to the date stenciled on the flare bomb...
R.S.V.P. In Nashville, gunmen held up the First Industrial (loan) Corp., took $1,374, escaped through an office door marked: "Need more money? Just...
Nucleus of the Archives is the original Women's Rights Collection. A huge orange banner proclaiming "The College Equal Suffrage League" in purple lettering greets one at the door. And portraits of famous suffragettes almost hide the walls of the Victorian-like room...
...ruling is "a general one rather than a flat one, and this kind of case would be open to consideration," the Dean of Students said. He thus opened the door for Glee Club performances over the nationwide N.B.C. radio network even if these concerts should have commercial sponsorship...
...door to his court remained wide open. Since Louis insisted that his noblemen live there, housing was a nightmare. With 10.000 people living in the chateau at Versailles, it was as crowded as a slum. The bearer of many a celebrated name had to be content with a dismal attic room, though it seemed to be worth it to bask in the rays of the Sun King: the nobleman of the day counted himself lucky if he could become the official custodian of the royal chamber...