Word: basement
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...trip to a Manhattan basement uncovered a true trove. There were six boxes filled with 1,500 unassembled frames and the tools to put them together. A deal was struck, and the boxes were shipped to L.A. Inside one of the treasure boxes was an itemized bill signed by the eyeglasses distributor whose half- century-old inventory they had just bought: Oliver Peoples...
...aspects of life in Holworthy is having to get your own toilet paper. Unless you showed up at school with a lifetime supply of Charmin, don't plan on signing up to take any noon classes. You see, toilet paper can only be procured from our friend in the basement of Mower. And only from 12:15 to 12:45 on weekdays. Seriously...
...toughest finds was an original Pong machine, introduced by Atari in 1972 and considered the first successful video game. The search at one point led to a dealer in New York City reputed to have 21 games in his basement; unfortunately, the building had been torn down three months earlier, and all the games were buried under the rubble. The museum finally found a Pong machine in an arcade operator's collection in Great Neck, N.Y., a week and a half before the exhibit was to open. The museum also unearthed one of the last surviving copies of Death Race...
...want to find 11 or 12 infants being taken care of in a basement by people who don't wash their hands after they change a diaper. We have to have minimal standards," Kildee says...
...discovery of racial slurs painted on the walls of the laundry room in the basement of Matthews Hall provokes student outrage and condemnation by administrators. "KKK," "Die Niggers" and "Niggers suck" are among the messages painted over...