Word: floor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...following year won both the U. S. junior singles (outdoors) and men's singles (indoors). U.S. L. T. A. officials were therefore watching eagerly last week when 88 very young men started play in the U. S. indoor junior championship tournament on the smooth board floor of Manhattan's big, bleak Seventh Regiment Armory...
Other objects missing from the "jimmied" showcases on a third-floor room of the museum include three gold nose rings, two gold ear spools, two gold head crests, two gold strips to be sewn on clothing, two gold bird's heads, two miniature gold arm bands, two frog-shaped ornaments, two gold disks, and two other nondescript gold ornaments...
...doctor's office overlooked Central Park at a height of seventeen elevator seconds from the imitation marble floor. It resembled the attic of a mechanically-and-chemically-inclined household; his secretary had the look of a woman who had taken one look at the attic and refused, on practical grounds to tidy it. The doctor opened his mouth in a smile and pointed out a chair. Assuming that he was offering a seat, the Vagabond sat down. No, the doctor said, I want to know if you can see that chair; this is my own preliminary eyesight test...
Himelhoch, chairman of the Harvard delegation, explained last night that by scattering the contingent throughout the hall and having it rise as a body at a given signal, one member could generally be recognized, and then yield the floor to any other member who had a speech to make. Opposition to such tactics was short-lived, he said, since it was shown that parliamentary procedure sanctioned them...
...least one stumbled and came near to being trampled. Of the first comers some found seats in the balcony, while a few sat on the steps of the balcony. Then the Graduating Class marched in. It did not seem so large. Many choice seats remained unfilled on the floor of the Church. One moment please! These were now seen to have been reserved by fate for the late arrivals...