Word: perches
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Army 30-to-1. The cartoon summoned them to take up arms against the Government. It showed a mighty army of sportsmen, scientists, bird-lovers and miscellaneous conservationists armed with double-barreled shotguns and high-powered rifles marching on Washington, forcibly dragging a bewhiskered "Congress" off his perch atop the Capitol...
...offices in Park Row no longer has any significance, and the owls whose illuminated eyes once ogled Herald Square from the old Herald Building only appear now at "alumni" dinners. But across the continent last week the hoary symbol of another great newspaper settled down on its third perch atop a brand new building. For the great bronze eagle of the 54-year-old Los Angeles Times is the mascot of a publishing property still very much alive...
...finally acquitted of jury tampering. Los Angeles, saved from a Socialist mayor, became more open-shop than ever and the U. S. labor movement went into decline. "Years of peace are assured," gloated General Otis, "because Liberty and Law will triumph and prevail." The Times eagle got its second perch in a new building on the old site and in 1917 General Otis died...
...associate publisher, John Cowles is in effect the boss of the Des Moines Register & Tribune. That he is able, is largely due to his intelligent inquisitiveness. Home on holiday from Phillips Exeter 20 years ago small John often would go with his father to the Register & Tribune office, perch himself on the desk of his father's secretary, Agnes ("Mac") MacDonald. spout a stream of questions: "What does so-&-so do? Is he smart? . . . What is that voucher for? Why is there a 2% discount marked on it? . . . How much does newsprint cost? . . . How fast can the presses turn...
This $17,000 marvel of modern engineering can raise an 85 foot ladder in any desired direction, thanks to its 200 horse power Hercules engine. "One beauty of the hydraulically operated ladder," explained an elderly looking fireman, "Is that a man can perch out on the end of it before it is raised and save himself the climb...