Word: hallway
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...Doorway" shows two doors opening into a short hallway. The doors have no distinguishing latches and the only feature which might differentiate top from bottom is the beamed ceiling. Even this factor does not seriously affect the picture when it is hung upside down...
...received the guests. As the party imbibed to satiety, all formality was laid aside and hilarity was unconfined. In a corner sat the President shaking hands and chatting with all who chose to greet him. Guests, tired from dancing in the historic East room, sauntered into the imposing hallway to quaff 3.2 beer. Never before, in the memory of man, were the sacred precincts of the executive mansion so used. Order and decorum characterized all White House functions under previous administrations. Probably never before, in its history, was the entrance to the mansion piled with beer kegs, brought...
...cautiously, then advanced bodily, into the almost empty hall. "Hello," he called cheerily, "Where's Joe Jones, the head janitor?" "Just a minute, please!" said Professor Coolidge, and descended from the platform, steered the good man gently through the door, and could be heard civilly explained, in the hallway, that he was no authority on the whereabouts of Apted henchmen, but that he would tolerate under no circumstances the interruption of his classes by janitors for any purpose whatsoever. He returned and solemnly continued the lecture...
...reading room is concerned, the employment of undergraduates would reduce the costs of operation to the lighting of the room itself and of the hallway. It may very well be that the advantages accruing to the college from having the reading room open in the evenings are far outweighed by a light bill of $100. Perhaps Mr. Tillinghast and the Library officials will persist in feeling so. It is a conviction to which they are entitled. But one fears that it will gather them few laurels in the name of reason...
...conversation by means of horns and bells, irritates a lemonade vendor by doing sleight-of-hand with his straw hat. Good shot: Harpo, impersonating Groucho in order to steal "war plans," trying to convince Groucho that he is a reflection in a mirror when the two meet in a hallway...