Word: underground
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...basement and foundation, for these parts of the building are below the level of the Charles, and required steady pumping for weeks while the cellars were waterproofed and equipped with ejector pits to dispose of the sewerage. The building is connected with the other three Freshman dormitories by an underground tunnel, which will not be used by the students, but which serves as a service entrance for the hall "goodies" whose headquarters are three blocks away, is the basement of Smith...
...Girls, Take Notice,' 'Loves the Interborough, 'Faithful Employes,' 'Well, Well, Well,' 'All Smiles.' Last week, William Clark, Negro, though employed by us indirectly (through a contractor), got a chance to be mentioned in the Bulletin. He was working 30 ft. underground on our new Eighth Avenue subway (the excavations for which unfortunately blocked fire engines from a blazing tenement last week) when he sank deeper and deeper into a huge sand bin. Walter Strong saw Mr. Clark's head disappear under the sand. With great presence of mind, Mr. Strong shoved...
That usually it is found about 70 ft. underground where it is mined like soft coal, or in surface deposits (called gypsite) where it is scooped up by shovels as in strip coal mining...
...have done battle in Sicily with Polyphemus, member of the gigantic tribe of Cyclopes, who had but one eye, in the centre of their foreheads, and were believed by the Greeks to forge iron for Vulcan. The historical originals of this tribe were probably Pelasgians, who worked in underground quarries, wearing lanterns or flares on their beads...
...crime, who aimed their rifles from behind a rosebush and made their getaway in a waiting automobile with a Canton license. The incident has led the nation to picture Canton, an ugly enough industrial town at best, as one of the largest stagnant backwaters of the Midwest's underground currents. This it may or may not be. There is a broad-beaten route between Canton and Pittsburgh along which bootleggers, white slavers and "reindeers" (dope-peddlers) have plied their flourishing trades. But the same route extends to many another Ohio city. To quote a civic-proud Canton Chamberman...