Word: toweringly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...builders of Manhattan's newest, completed skyscraper, Cities Service's 67-story Sixty Wall Tower, installed double-deck elevators which seem to satisfy the tenantry. If ordinary single elevators had been used, the economical height of that building would not have been more than 48 stories...
...acre estate at Hyde Park, N. Y. Roiled by such talk, Henry Field, Iowa's Republican Senatorial nominee, last month blurted out: "At Krum Elbow there is no hog lot but there are a polo ground and tennis court. What appears to be a silo is an elevated water tower for care of the lawn and the sunken garden. What looks like a henhouse is really a glass-enclosed hot-house...
Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors have reported in a body for the first days of fall rowing. Already more than enough for six crews have appeared and it is believed that seven or eight will be out on the water by next week. Starting with a meeting in the Tower Room of Lowell House last Wednesday, a wealth of experienced material has turned out. Sophomores from last spring's Freshman eights make up the majority of the oarsmen, while a few of the Varsity squad have been keeping themselves in shape...
...Vagabond is a true vagabond, and therefore he crept from his retreat in Memorial Tower last night, and avoiding the few straggling Freshmen vainly trying to register an hour too late, sped his way to the late lamented Union. He gorged himself well on the fare intended only for the newcomers, carefully avoiding the recognizing eye of his friend, the Adviser in religion. Then he settled himself comfortably in a soft spot to enjoy the fumes of Benson and Hedges, lulled into absent dreams by the pleasant voices of the speakers...
...Bali when he was working in Cunard Line's advertising department, preparing advertisements for world" cruises. He went back with a camera, found it easy to bribe natives with rings, shirts, hardware, to perform. One mishap occurred: 15 Balinese, tipsy on mild wine and carrying a cremation tower, ran over him and his camera. His picture, the leisurely record of a six-month visit, is beautifully photographed and has the warm, informal authenticity that most travelogs lack. Good shot: a Balinese youth (Trego's valet, who refused to leave Bali for any salary) smiling slowly as he watches...