Word: tunnelling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Dick Armstrong suggests extending the underground tunnel system to Cowie and Baker, or if this is not done, to run a boat service between these points...
...Campaign. Al Smith, the first U.S. Catholic to run for President as the nominee of a major party, went out to stump the nation. He was met by one of the most virulent whispering campaigns in U.S. history. Thousands muttered that he was building a tunnel to connect the White House with the Vatican...
Impossible to Describe. The De Mille script read: "At 7:44 Mr. de Mille cues Governor Dewey's entrance from tunnel...
From this tunnel, while the bands played, the crowd cheered, cowbells rattled in the upper tiers, the Deweys appeared, in a cream-colored touring car, flanked by eight motorcycle cops. Said the script: "After Governor Dewey enters, Von Zell brings many stars to the microphone to describe the scene during the time the cars are driving around the track. After one minute of cheering, dial the mikes down so that the continued cheering becomes a background for the stars speaking...
...Terminal, covering a solid city block, will be built near the Manhattan end of the Holland Tunnel as soon as construction materials are available. It will be designed to handle as much as 2,000 tons of cargo a day. Two important advantages : 1) quick interchange of freight between over-the-road trucks and local delivery; 2) a wide, flat roof capable of parking 128 truck-trailers that otherwise would block narrow city streets between trips...