Word: roof
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Raise High the Roof Beam, Salinger...
...During the 1919 storm in Corpus Christi, local citizens took refuge in several downtown buildings, one of which was the Nueces County Courthouse. How then could you write of Dr. Robert Simpson that "he swam to the roof of the courthouse" [Aug. 16]? Numerous watermarks have established that the tide crested at 9 ft. above mean sea level. Wave action above the tide level was about 2½ ft., making the highest watermark...
David Fellin, 58, a co-owner of the single-entry mine, was running his operation on two three-man shifts. On Tuesday, Aug. 13, Fellin, Louis Bova, 54, and Henry Throne, 28, who was new to the job, descended 330 ft. into the ground, began loading coal. Then the roof fell in. Bova was separated by rock and debris from Fellin and Throne. He shouted through the rubble that his hip had been hurt. After that, he was heard no more...
...blue light, with marble steps behind. At one point Throne screamed: "Davy, I'm going home! I'm going alone if you don't want to come." They drank brackish, sulphurous water, ate the bark off timbers that had been used to shore up the roof...
...applause could come back to haunt Bunky Knudsen. The Chevelle is a product of cross-fertilization within G.M.'s hotly competitive divisions: its wide grille resembles a '63 Oldsmobile F-85, its gracefully curved fenders and trim roof Pontiac's high-priced Grand Prix; the main contribution of Chevrolet designers is a squared rear deck and a taillight arrangement split by a chrome strip. But the Chevelle is wedged in between the compact Chevy II and the standard Chevrolet, and is so attractive a rival that it may steal some sales from both. It will come...