Word: wall
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...jouncing cage came to a halt. There were running steps outside, a jingle of keys, a clang as the rear doors were opened. "Jump out, you fools! Jump!" cried a voice. The whites of 44 eyes shone in the fire glare as they looked back into a solid wall of flames. Two dark figures staggered back, lurched through the door, fell on the road outside, afire from head to foot. Two white guards rolled them into the snow-filled ditch to put them out. Then the drum of gasoline went up. . . . When a prison official arrived on the scene...
...upon confidence. In 1935 our gold reserves declined from 82 billions of francs to 66 billions of francs but this did not result from intrinsic weakness of the franc. It resulted from speculative at tacks, investment of capital abroad - as when our citizens seized upon the recent rise in Wall Street securities to invest - and hoarding. All these three forces we are in a strong position to combat...
...Viroqua, Wisc., Bartender Art Jacobson took down one of his humorous wall mottoes, designed to discourage noncash customers, which read: "Liberal credit extended to all 80 years of age or over when accompanied by a parent." Two elderly men had just walked out without paying for their drinks, one saying, "I am Nels Bjerke, just turned 80 six months ago. This is my father Gundar...
...Dunster House was so disgusted with the appearance of his walls that he set to work himself with wall-paper cleaner. Another in Winthrop House was driven to hire the University for $40 to paint his spotted walls and ceiling. Recently, an inspector, when shown the peeling paint in a bathroom, casually remarked, "A lot do that. It's the steam from the shower." some walls in the Yard have been washed two-thirds of the way up; but whether it was the work of the University or former occupants is unknown. At any rate, there...
...evident that constant repainting would be too great a financial burden on the University, but there is no excuse for dirty walls. Rooms that need it should be scrubbed during the summer. A water-proof paint for the bathrooms might be found more economical than ordinary wall-paint. Perhaps if a more stringent check-up were made at the end of each year suites would be better cared for by their occupants. Every dormitory resident deserves this attention to his living quarters, particularly since it would entail little additional expense...