Word: floor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...about it became the title of his book on the war in the Pacific: With My Heart in My Mouth. Taylor Is inclined to believe that some sort of rough justice is indicated by the fact that soon after returning unscathed from the Pacific an icicle from the 33rd floor of the TIME & LIFE Building scored a direct hit on his head and laid...
...first-floor suite at the Ritz last week, the day after he had seen his London doctor for the last time, Peter refused the breakfast proffered by his valet. "I am going up to see a friend on the sixth floor," he said. Then in blue pajamas and red dressing gown, he groped his way up the stairs to the valet's own room. A moment later a waiter looked up to see a red-clad figure sitting on the window sill. Then all that was left of Lucky Beatty lay crumpled on the pavement below...
Even this is denied Princetonians on their biggest weekend, the one covering the Harvard or Yale game. This is the time when alumni choose to return and sleep aloft in their old clubs, and the College has forbidden any parties lest the grads be disturbed by first-floor merriment...
...Gothic arches, interspersed here and there with the usual Victorian monstrosities. He lives in a smallish room and has a male biddy, and has to walk to the basement for his bathroom and washroom. This latter difficulty is somewhat lessened by the existence of mop basins on each floor, which Princetonians use for face-washing and other purposes...
Moors Hall, Radcliffe's newest dormitory will open its repaired first floor in time for Thanksgiving, President Jordan announced yesterday. The last few touches to hide the damages caused by fire September 16 are now being completed. Decorating will begin the week after next...