Word: roof
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Marseille daily, La France, pointed out with horror that, by building his Radiant City on stilts, the architect had left no room for wine cellars. Said one indignant Marseillais: "Who wants to live in a temperance asylum? Give me a one-story bungalow with four walls, windows, a roofand a wine cellar...
...dealers had ever seen-one Nash dealer with a normal Saturday sale of five cars got rid of 26 in a few wild hours. Chester Thurston, a citizen of Albuquerque, proudly announced that he had just finished construction of a combination fruit cellar and atomic refuge with a roof of 24-in. reinforced concrete. But, in general, the noisy placidity of U.S. life was undisturbed...
...Last week, Macy's announced that with sales of $1.5 million in one day, its Herald Square store had broken its own record and "all known records for a single day's sales by any store under one roof...
Raymond W. seidel, Cornell's Supervisor of Safety, said yesterday that rarely used chemicals stored in a small "doghouse" on the east wing roof of Savage Hall ignited probably "due to weather changes and high humidity...
...provided an unnerving experience for Ernest Kolesiak of South Bend, Ind. Kolesiak was on the roof tightening guy wires on his antenna when it toppled across a 27,000-volt power line. Immediately, great balls of fire bounced up & down on the roof with thunderous explosions, the plumbing threw off sparks, and pipes melted around the kitchen sink. Mrs. Kolesiak, peeling potatoes, found her spectacles flecked with molten metal, the television set burned out and one of the knobs blew off, the telephone went dead, a glove lying in the yard burst into flames, and the house was scorched...