Word: floor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Gumarsol left his trailer there all winter, returned last summer to live in it again. Last month, angry owners of nearby real estate brought suit, charging that he was violating a village ordinance by living in a dwelling with less than 400 sq. ft. of floor space. Gumarsol retorted that his trailer was licensed as an automobile accessory. Legally, the case thus hinged on a single local law. But all participants admitted that it pointed up the greater issues of whether trailers should be taxed as personal property or as realty, and whether trailerfolk may continue their present carefree, taxfree...
...fair. The girls of Oxford have really much more than brains and a bicycle: There's always their hockey. And I for one have seen some mighty fine and enthusiastic players. It is true that some seem to find some sort of carry-over from hockey to the dance floor; but a man with a little coaching in following can get on tolerably well and the girl never knows the difference. If that doesn't work I find a definite understanding at the outset as to who will lead which dance does the trick...
...rate of layoff and return have been reduced 25%. Fewer men have quit, fewer have been fired (layoffs do not count as discharges). For manufacturers this lower rate of labor turnover makes for more efficient operation, fewer accidents. Although the dealer now has to carry more cars on his floor during the winter, he, too, has benefited because his selling season is longer. The one snag is used cars. A new model may excite a prospect into an early purchase but second-hand cars are still bought in the spring...
Harvard students longing for a real fire and a chance to rescue people finally had their chance Saturday morning when a blaze gutted the third floor of a rooming house at 451/2 Mt. Auburn Street and threatened for a time to destroy the building...
Giles found a box on Massachusetts Avenue by Beck Hall and turned in an alarm. Meyers went to the second floor from which two children and two adults were escorted to safety...