Word: roofed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...maimed bodies into a ravine close by. There seemed a fell malison on this spot which the Mason-Blodgett troupe had found. Their muleteers ran fearfully away, carrying with them the supplies. Gregory Mason, scribe, fell from the top of the pyramid and hurt himself; he fell through the roof of a buried building and hurt himself more; the tree which held his hammock also fell, almost on him. So the expedition paused for a while...
...that broad table of his, in the corner of a vast room in the historic Palazzo Chigi, which with its lofty painted roof and row of fixed seats like choir stalls has something of an air of sacristy, are brought for Mussolini's approval reports and projects from almost every branch of public life in the country...
...flying off of a sprinkler cap on the top floor of University Hall, just under the roof, yesterday at about 2 o'clock caused the rapid appearance of three fire engines in the Yard. The only damage caused was from the water of the sprinkler...
...industrial progress, and justly, for while most of New England has been undergoing a serious business slump, Cambridge has seen new and prosperous factories rising within its limits. The latest indication of the city's progress is the painting of a huge sign, in ten-foot letters, on the roof of one of its factories, to signify to the airplane routes of the future that Cambridge lies below...
...have seen hundreds of these people driven into churches, and with doors locked, set on fire, while troopers open the roof and pick off dozens with rifle shots Starving, and under such circumstances as this yet, they will not beg or accept charity. They are an exceedingly dignified race...