Word: basement
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When you first enter the basement of the GSE's Gutman Library, you find yourself at what looks like a typical conference in which Apple or IBM computer hardware and software are showcased, in which spectators "ooh!" and "ahh!" at the latest innovative technology...
...like pitting the Philadelphia Phillies versus the Atlanta Braves--they're both in the basement," says Harry Neilson, a 60 year-old Republican from Spartanburg, South Carolina...
...Instead of seeking help or a change of assignment, she slipped ever deeper into the embrace of drugs -- mostly cocaine, but also pills -- and a retinue of sycophants. Her first marriage lasted ten months; her second ended after five months, when she found her husband hanging lifeless in the basement of their Washington town house. Her self-abuse finally became evident to millions when she slurred her way through a harrowing 43-second NBC News Digest. Three weeks later, Savitch, 36, and a date, New York Post Executive Martin Fischbein, accidentally drove into a canal in New Hope...
...hour before curtain, in the basement of the 1,100-seat Cort Theater, the kids assemble for a voice lesson under a maze of heating pipes and lighting wires. Take-out fried chicken, quarts of Tropicana are put aside. "Feel how loose your tongue is! Baaa, baaa, baaa," exhorts the teacher, an ivory- skinned redhead, hammering on a piano key with her index finger. The kids imitate the sound and start giggling. "Don't laugh at each other! We're here to learn!" scolds the redhead. Silence. Then a few whispers in Zulu. "Heee, heee, haaa, haaa!" sings the teacher...
...taken Turkey by surprise. Over the past several years the country has evolved from a quiet, almost isolated land into one of the hottest tourist spots in Europe. Veteran pleasure seekers from all over the world are targeting the country for its gorgeous azure water, unparalleled archaeology and bargain-basement prices. "It was a white spot on the map," says Heinrich Aken, a medical researcher from Bonn. "Everyone has already seen Greece, Italy, Spain, Morocco and Algeria. Turkey is the only thing left in the Mediterranean." Explains a Japanese traveler: "The life-style here is exotic." Nalbantoglu Gunduz, owner...