Word: roofs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...incredulous that I told him I would give him ten francs for one! Just about then we could hear heavy firing up on the coast; still no one seemed to know what was going on. Shortly a Frenchman told me he had been up on the hotel roof, had found one of the circulars, and had seen what were apparently gun flashes at sea. So I decided to take a look. Soon I found two of the circulars, and brought them down to my room-one of them later disappeared-I think the chambermaid swiped one! As the firing continued...
...Captain Schumann of the Luftwaffe described for German radio listeners the daytime air attack on London last week. Perhaps Captain Schumann did not know when he made his boast that 42 children (aged six to 16) and six teachers had been killed by a bomb which crashed through the roof of a four-story schoolhouse...
...confirming his fear that 1946 was completely unfamiliar with the ivy-covered folklore of the 300-years-old institution, he swung on his Freshman room-mate accusingly. "Did you ever liear of the old letter-carrier who used to climb across the roof from one entry of Matthews to the other as a short-cut to save steps?" he demanded. Upon the expected "no" Vag settled back and sighed unhappily...
...first impression is that of quantity. Cartons piled to the roof, boxes and cases of rare spices and sauces which barely put in their appearance in the family larder all fill the eye. Then gradually a few details become clear. There is a distinct impression of a close trinity of material--tile, wood, and iron. Tile walls and floor glistening white view with wetly scrubbed tables marked by the deep scars of many knives, while both stand in contrast to the sombre mass of iron stoves and pots, worn, rubbed and fiercely...
...rails on steep grades, drank all the coffee in dining cars. Morning after morning the swank Twentieth Century Limited slid into Manhattan two to four hours late. On many another train, four to 13 hours late, passengers stood in vestibules, slept in aisles, heaped baggage and bundles to roof tops...