Word: stair
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Boyd decreed that Memphis State University--and thus other state schools--would have to admit Negroes on a gradual basis by grade levels. He delivered a stair-step ruling which will enable Negroes to attend the graduate school in this coming half term; to enter as seniors in the fall of 1956; and to enroll as juniors, sophomores, and freshmen in successive years...
...chest X-ray taken last week with Ike in a standing position showed that his heart remains normal in size. "The doctors are very pleased," reported Jim Hagerty. One final physical task-stair-climbing-remained before the President qualified for departure, scheduled for Nov. 11, when he will go to Washington, then on to his farm home at Gettysburg. At week's end, he had begun practicing on a two-step exercise stile in his room, preparing for the steps he would soon climb to board his plane, the Columbine-homeward bound...
...minute drive to his office in the Ministry of National Defense in downtown Taipei (pop. 500,000). Soldiers of the security force appear as if by magic along the route, then as magically melt away after he has passed. Past a dark bronze bust of himself on the stair landing, he walks quickly and alone to his third-floor office, where the blue velvet curtains are always drawn for security...
...Arctic. At the instructor's command, each student climbs the spiral stair that leads to the platform inside the dome. He glances up at the simulated stars and selects the ones he thinks will guide him best. He observes their position with a sextant, just as he would on a real airplane, and hurries back to his desk to figure out his position over the Canadian tundra or the frozen Polar...
...Stair Climber. A two-wheeled, power-driven hand truck has been developed by the Valley Craft Products Inc., Lake City, Minn. to take heavy loads up or down stairs or ramps. A special ratchet mechanism allows the "Stair Cart" to climb stairs, is powerful enough to lift a 200-lb. load straight up a 4-ft. wall. Price: about...