Word: holing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Transit operators took fixes on a marker in the Blue Hills, 11 miles away in Milton, but when an enterprising farmer built a barn next door, it cut off the view. By no means non-plussed, the University acquired right of way to the barn, and chopped a hole in its roof for sighting purposes...
...Eisenhower. Williams succeeded Paul Hoffman as head of the Committee for Economic Development and served as chairman of Washington's state Republican committee. Last month, after chatting with Ike about a possible Cabinet job, Williams confessed that he thought of himself as a square peg in a round hole in Treasury, but a "round peg in a round hole" in Commerce...
...They had time to get all the phones except one hidden and disconnected before we came in. They used this here trap door set up. We caught one of them on his knees. He'd just heaved a phone down into this hole, and he was closing the trap door...
...Sergeant held up a piece of thick wood, about two feet squared. It was designed to fit into the floor, with hinges on the inside. In the event of a raid, the gamblers threw the phones into a hole and slammed the door shut to conceal them. In closing, the trap door also threw a lever switch to disconnect the phones...
...hunters can write off the entire cost of a dry hole. They can write off much of the cost of a producing well, including all "intangibles" such as labor, fuel and drilling materials, which amount to two-thirds of the cost. Moreover, once the oil flows, 27½% of it is tax-free because of a depletion allowance...