Word: inspectorate
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When Houghton Library opened, three months after Pearl Harbor, it was described as "fireproof, earthquake-proof, and reasonably protected against the incendiary bomb." The fire inspector looked the place over and classified it in the same category as a bank vault. And now, the staff at its parvenu neighbor Lamont, (which the Houghton people refer to as "Uncle Tom's Cabin"), call it the "Jewel Box." For, besides being the University's most sumptuous bookshelf, Houghton acts as show case and safe deposit vault for one of the world's finest collections of rare books and documents...
...Walla caught the fever. The Boosters' Club proclaimed "A" (for Appreciation) Week. The Chamber of Commerce switched the date of its annual "pigskin party" so that 250 high-school students from nearby towns could see the game. The Chamber's secretary and the town's health inspector rigged themselves up in turtleneck sweaters and knickers as auxiliary cheerleaders...
Routine. In St. Paul, Elmer R. Hetting lost his suit for $26,703 personal injury damages when the court ruled that his fall down an unlighted stairwell was merely in his line of duty since he is city safety inspector...
...customs inspector, searching for contraband U.S. goods near two U.S. bases, was threatened with arrest by a gun-toting U.S. captain. The Newfoundland supreme court awarded damages to the customs man, but nobody paid...
Pictures show the climatic final scene of "The Inspector General." On the left are Fred Houghtelling '50, Bernard Bober '53, and Joanna Brown '52. On the right are Mary Arnold '53, James Kay '53, Ivan Nabokoff '53, Michael Mabry '53, James O'Neil '53, Gaynor F. Bradish '52, and Milton Schlein...