Word: floor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...public never heard of him. From 1915 to 1934 he was Acting Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department. Since that title was abolished last February, he has held the same job as chairman of the Treasury's Board of Awards. Through his offices, which occupy nearly the entire top floor of the Treasury Building, have passed all the plans for all the buildings in the greatest building program in which the U. S. Government has ever indulged...
When the exhibit was opened to the public gaze for the first time on Tuesday morning, Sheeler's picture was hanging patiently in the second gallery to the left of the entrance on the first floor of the Museum. It was not until an inquisitive visitor wondered at the position of the signature in the upper left-hand corner that people began to get suspicious...
...game was marked by spurts of capable play alternating with much very mediocre performance. Jim Grady led the Crimson team in scoring with six baskets and a free throw, closely followed by Bill Gray, who garnered six goals from the floor after replacing Captain Dick Boys. Gray's height was of great assistance to the Harvard team, although it seemed to be used about equally in the horizontal and vertical planes...
...dining-hall, and even a wary glance of recognition is frowned upon. They must stand at strict attention whenever not actually engaged in serving or carrying off dishes. Any departure from the set regulations brings sharp rebuke from the waitress "captains"--grim females who roam the floor constantly searching for any sign of relaxation or happiness, and pounce with undisguised delight upon offenders. At breakfast the waiters often stand for thirty minutes without stirring, while a dread silence fills the dining-room and the captains prowl vigilantly, hopeful of detecting an unnatural movement or some strangled whisper...
...letterman lineup will take the floor against B. U. tonight in the New Indoor Athletic Building as Coach Wesley Fesler's men begin their second season as members of the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League...