They may be further stereotyped by being assigned secretarylike functions in groups or by being given jobs that reflect their presumed feminine capabilities […]

But for the tragedy of the war, which has compelled a recasting of train services, it was the intention of the Belgian National Railways, Mr. L. Wiener writes, not only to have retained in service throughout the winter one in each direction daily of the Brussels-Ostend streamline trains, […] but also to introduce similar services between Brussels and Liége.

I got a day off because I shotgunned it.

a watertight contract; a watertight regulation