Word: shelf
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When the Department of City Planning was put "on the shelf" at the end of last year, the furore that was raised at the time showed how intensely people are interested in the maintenance of many academic "outlets" for individual interest. Now the Corporation has approved the appropriation of a sum of money to revive the planning school. The same sum will be allotted for three years, at the end of which time the ultimate fate of the school will be decided. This situation must be brought to the attention of those persons whose clamorings were heard...
...nobody thought that when Kitty stomped out of Harvard Hall he'd from the shelf the precious Shakspere stol'n and put him in his pocket. After all, Shakspere is the immortal bard who depends not on a single man for his interpretation today-a single man whose little life, as far as his plays go, is decidedly not rounded with a sleep. Could the retirment of one great teacher mean the passing of Shakspere from Harvard College...
...postman pulls out part of the door, places his burden on the resulting shelf, and replaces the secret panel. When he looks again everything is gone, and nobody can reach in or out, the door can't be unlocked (unless you are pretty good at that sort of thing) and finally the postman will not be forced to violate either his conscience or his union rules, which evidently forbid his using...
...sleeping four hours out of 24, mostly in 15-minute catnaps, living, in full view and earshot of the crowds that come to watch the race, in a shelter that looks like a flag-draped motorcycle crate and contains one cot for both members of a team, one shelf for all personal belongings, including axle oil. Six-day bicycle riders find their Spartan circumstances beneficial. Many gain weight in races, reduce in the intervals between them. A cyclist's compensation is from $75 to $500 a day, based on his value as an attraction...
...this of that worthy purpose. Presumably some help is given, but few have the face to deny that the cash payment is usually made to facilitate the complete neglect of work (more extra-curricular activity, if you will) and not to direct the poor lost sheep to the proper shelf of the Widener reading room...