Word: safes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Bait. In Chicago, Irving Drell left $700 outside a safe in his office, hoping that if thieves did break in, they would take the ready cash and leave the safe alone. That, Drell finally complained to police, was exactly what some thieves had done...
...their time in idleness the miners could hope for no more pay, no shorter work week, for none of the conventional rewards of a strike. And could the mines really be made safe? At best, mine safety was a relative thing. Said I. N. Bayless, president of the Union Pacific Coal Co., owner of the two mines certified as safe: "On the day of inspection these two mines just happened not to have anything wrong called to the attention of the inspector. Many other mines are equally safe...
...adequate job many states need federal funds; in addition they need the stimulus in many cases to do more with their own resources." President Conant followed this statement with a sanction of the proposed legislation approving the plan to grant aid to those states which cannot reach a "safe minimum level" after alloting 2.2 percent of their total income...
...thundercloud itself; raindrops or hailstones inside it reflect the radar's waves. The fierce air currents do not show up on the scope, but the presence of large masses of raindrops is a strong indication of turbulence. A plane equipped with the proper radar can steer a safe course, even at night, among a herd of thunderstorms. The Weather Bureau's radar can spot a storm as far away as 100 miles, and warn planes to steer clear...
Especially annoying, according to Metcalf, was the pair of steps leading from the ground floor up the first flight of stairs. "We tried everything to make these two steps safe," he said; "we sand-papered them, marked them with black lines, flooded them with spotlights. But people still fell." Now, under the new setup, a ramp covered with the special cement material has been set in over the stairs. If unsatisfactory, it can be lifted out intact...