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Word: floor (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Into the oval study on the second floor of the White House trooped the Washington press corps, in response to a summons promising them "the greatest human interest story" in the six years of the Roosevelt Presidency. There they found Franklin Roosevelt, beaming but serious. He had just been host to an impressive array of luncheon guests: Historians Charles A. Beard, Frederic L. Paxson, William E. Dodd. Samuel Eliot Morison; President Frank Porter Graham of the University of North Carolina and President Edmund Ezra Day of Cornell; Economist Stuart Chase and Poet Archibald MacLeish; Mr. Roosevelt's biographer, Ernest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Into History | 12/19/1938 | See Source »

During the crossing the passengers kept largely to themselves. But when the liner skimmed down over Croydon, then unaccountably roared back up into the air, the plot began to thicken. A mechanic came back into the cabin, lifted up a corner of carpet, pried at a section of floor board. Those who ventured to look below saw fire apparatus and ambulances gathering on the field. The ship's electrically retractable landing wheels had jammed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Yankee Toast | 12/19/1938 | See Source »

...Publisher Macy was in search of an angel. He outlined for Broker Straus a heavenly publishing scheme: limited editions. "Wait here for me," said Straus. A few minutes later he reappeared, handed Macy a fistful of checks. They were for $1,000 each. To fellow brokers downstairs on the floor of the Stock Exchange he had merely whispered the compelling cantrip of the bulls: "I've got a good thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: De Luxe | 12/19/1938 | See Source »

Boston University's veteran five invades the Indoor Athletic Building floor and provides the opposition for Wes Fesler's Crimson quintet tonight. The favored Terriers enter the tray seeking their third victory in as many starts, having trounced Springfield and New Hampshire to date...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Hoopmen Meet Unbeaten Boston University Five Tonight | 12/17/1938 | See Source »

Located in the Poetry Room on the top floor of Widener Library is one of the best instruments yet discovered for playing recordings of the human voice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ultra-Modern Recording Instrument Recently Acquired for Poetry Room | 12/16/1938 | See Source »

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