Word: floor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...committee moved to down this new tax from the 42% high set by the House to 4%. But when the majority next threatened to do away with the tax altogether, Pat Harrison tossed out a counter-threat to write a minority report, take the fight to the Senate floor. Result was a compromise on a 7% undistributed profits tax (except for banks, trust companies, insurance companies and certain corporations). Bargains were also driven...
More reason than one had Senator Harrison for his pessimism. Even after he got his bill out of committee, there would remain the arduous task of steering it through Floor debate and conference compromise. And this year Pat Harrison is eager to close up his desk, be off for home. It is not that he dislikes Washington, for no Senator enjoys life in the Capital more than this small town Mississippian. A one time college and semiprofessional pitcher, he likes being where he can get off to a big-league baseball game with Vice President Garner as often as possible...
Equipped with a stop-watch he appeared at the Museum just before midnight. Unlocking the large front door, he entered the deserted building, glanced at the watch, and strode up the stairs. Reaching the top floor he again noted the time, remained motionless for precisely three minutes, and then walked to the head of another staricase. Here he again consulted the stop-watch, and paused for three minutes before descending to the ground floor. Once more he glanced at his watch, left the building, and disappeared in the night...
...theory was completely verified. Because of the loose suspension of the horizontal beams of the building, the seismograph record of the night before indicated cataclysmic upheavals at every step he had taken. Apparently the instrument had been particularly disturbed in the course of his descent from the top floor...
Track hazards, in the form of parked autos and strong winds make handicapping more difficult than at Jamaica. But spectators, with one voice, declare that the gentle (third-floor) rain from heaven, which tastes much like beer, makes the Harvard course not only faster and more slippery, but it also tickles the palate more than the ordinary Jamaica downpour...