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Word: ramp (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Churchill and the official party entered the Garden by automobile, which they drove up the ramp inside the building to the door immediately outside the platform

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Churchill Warns of Russian Plans in MIT Talk | 4/1/1949 | See Source »

Climbing into the silo, Partridge built a small ramp from the floor to the feed-door, and milked the cow "to make things easier for her." Then Partridge greased cow and ramp, and hitched on ropes fore and aft. The vet gave Grady a sedative. While Partridge pushed Grady from the rear, Mach and some neighbors pulled. Out slid Grady with nary a scratch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Grady & the Postman | 3/7/1949 | See Source »

...Ramp Leads to Dining Hall...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Functionalism Is Keynote of New Graduate Housing Center | 10/27/1948 | See Source »

...dining hall will be reached by a ramp that leads directly to the serving lines, thus preventing crowding in the room itself while permitting students to move easily in any direction once they reach the end of the line. There will be other rooms in this building for recreational purposes, while the first floor of one dormitory will be turned over to common rooms for meetings...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Functionalism Is Keynote of New Graduate Housing Center | 10/27/1948 | See Source »

Boyd considered using conveyor belts and moving vans, decided instead to rely on raw Princeton manpower. He hired 35 undergraduates for $1 an hour, eight hours a day. For ten weeks, in sunshine or showers, they would push book trucks down a covered ramp, connecting the old and new buildings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Moving Day | 8/2/1948 | See Source »

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