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Word: roof (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...days of rain temporarily forced six workmen to give up hammering back the little white blocks which are falling off the Radcliffe library roof. "Last ear's ice caused rotted covings and gutter damage," said Dawson Blamore, superintendent of Radcliffe buildings and grounds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Falling Blocks on Radcliffe Library Roof to Be Fixed | 10/28/1948 | See Source »

...strongly denied student rumors that the roof is caving in. "Nothing is wrong with the roof that these repairs won't be able...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Falling Blocks on Radcliffe Library Roof to Be Fixed | 10/28/1948 | See Source »

...group of sports-conscious Detroiters asked the city to build a $14,500,000 stadium with 104,000 seats and a removable roof. Reason: it would provide a handy site for the 1952 Olympic Games if Finland (the host apparent) is unable to hold them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS .& MORALS: Americana, Oct. 25, 1948 | 10/25/1948 | See Source »

Police whistled and waved, traffic piled up, City Manager John P. Atkinson vaulted gracefully to the roof of the nearest building--and all for the Harvard Automobile Company's new Nash...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Raid Turns to Hoopla | 10/23/1948 | See Source »

Miss Curtis was not convinced. "Even with the window steps I found it practically impossible to get over the window ledge and roof projection without having my apparatus fall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Third Floor Girls Shun Steps, Rope As Fire Escapes | 10/22/1948 | See Source »

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