Word: roofs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...crash, a result of a large boulder falling from the top of the picturesque roof that covers the hall, barely stopped the undergraduates writing. However, if the large object had not lodged in two intervening beams after a fall of several feet, it very probably would have crashed through the thin second ceiling immediately sheltering the main room...
...crowd of grinning Irishmen who were more than willing to punch the nose of any officer who resisted. With shouts of "WE WANT DEV!", the Irish captured a platform up to which rolled a train bearing President Eamon de Valera. They clawed and climbed their way to the roof of the train -something which in England "isn't done" -cheered and waved Irish flags while the President of Eire was distinctly of two minds. Should he come out, certain to be acclaimed but possibly to be assassinated (as so many Irish leaders have been killed by Irish fanatics...
...horizontal restraint of the body is achieved by rubberized links between the inside end of the trucks and the lower portion of the car's body. Result is a full-size passenger coach whose floor is 30 in. above the rails instead of 4¼ ft.; whose roof is u ft. instead of 14 ft. high. Weight, if made of duralumin, is 50,000 Ib.-40% less than present streamlined cars...
About four miles from Spring Green, Wis., the hills splay into two soft ranges to let a fast stream flow toward the Wisconsin River. Facing southwest over this valley a big, long house folds around the summit of one hill, its roof lines parallel to the line of ridges, its masonry the same red-yellow sandstone that crops out in ledges along the stream. Under snow the house melts easily into the landscape. Its name is Taliesin, a Welsh word meaning...
...during the next six months. Murphy presently became president, directed the company so successfully that by October 1937 Guaranty had paid two preferred dividends of 15? and 10? a share, aggregating approximately $750,000. More than 3,000 letters testified to the gratitude of stockholders. One woman had her roof fixed with the $2.50 she received, took her dishpan back to the kitchen at last. One oldster of 94 years found 80? reason enough to thank God and Murphy...