Word: lift
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...willing to go along with you when you say: "Publisher McCormick is aloof and domineering . . . possesses such an aversion to human contact that he has himself driven to work from his Wheaton estate in a coupé, in order to avoid having to offer a neighbor a lift...
First, advised Dr. Stookey, "never lift the head of an injured person until he has told you whether he can move his legs or hands. If he cannot move his legs, his back is broken. If he cannot move his hands, his neck is broken. In both cases the spinal cord is injured. If you lift his head to give him a drink of water or if you fold him up to carry him, you inevitably grind the injured spinal cord between parts of the broken vertebrae and destroy any useful remnant of the cord which may have escaped injury...
...Count picked Sun Valley. The U. P. promptly bought 3,300 acres of skiing slopes, commissioned architects to plan a big lodge (capacity: 250). With Charles N. Proctor, Harvard's ski coach, U. P. engineers set to work on a lift which will carry the customers 1,500 ft. above the valley's floor. A modification of the ski-tow, which requires the effort of hanging on, the ski lift will reduce the physical exertion of skiing to almost nil. At regular intervals on a continuous cable moving 400 ft. per minute (a fast walk) are suspended chairs...
Each House boasts at least one elevator, but residents who habitually enter late and in an enfeebled condition shouldn't raise their hopes too high, for the "elevator" means only a food lift from the kitchen to the basement and back again...
Langdell, Peabody Museum, the Institute of Geolgraphical Exploration, the Physics building and Millinckrodt are similarly equipped while the lift at Claverly is distinguished by having the only elevator with an automatic return in the University...