Word: window
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Victoria, B. C. only to learn that she was Victoria's mayor's sister-in-law. A man of action, Pegler once got bored covering a dull riot story in Rock Island, Ill., set off a brace of giant firecrackers under the mayor's window, filed an exclusive story of the "bombing" six minutes after the explosion...
...Queen and King respectively from Dominion bigwigs, hovered over them while they signed the Golden Book at City Hall, led them on a breathless four-hour tour of the town, the Mayor taking bows right and left before throngs, some of whom paid as high as $30 for window seats for the show...
...Mailomat is about the size of a telephone booth, performs a similar service. You put your money in one slot, your letter in another, push a lever and the letter is automatically stamped and posted. Advantages are sanitation (no licking) and speed (no waiting at a post office window, no need for the letter to be canceled...
...Grafton, Mass., Policeman James ("Uncle Jim") Harding, 71, celebrated his 44th year on the force. His record: one arrest for window-smashing, 15 years ago. Policeman Harding lectured the youthful offender, paid his fine himself...
...contacting the world beyond the class room window, the Undergraduate Faculty adds the benefit of experience to the college curriculum. A new element--the combination of the text book with actual reality--broadens and enriches studies which have sended to sterility. The examples of Harvard, Manhattanville, Radcliffe and Brown are a challenge to other colleges. With its service both to the student and to the community, the Undergraduate Faculty should find a useful place on campuses throughout the nation...