Word: basement
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...technician for Daimler-Chrysler, his wife Diane, 41, and their 11-year-old daughter Danielle are models of apocalyptic pluck. It's not just the gas-powered home generator they bought in case of massive power outages. It's not the year's supply of dehydrated food in their basement or their stockpiles of canned chicken chow mein. It's the water bed. The collapse of public utilities is one of the big worries among the Y2K-anxious--meaning people concerned about the breakdown of everything because of the millennium bug that could lead to serious computer malfunction...
This year, after splitting a weekend against RPI and Union, few gave the Crimson a chance against now-No. 6 B.C. in a non-conference home game. The notion was downright comical a month ago when Harvard languished in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference basement...
...locations on campus. UHS makes condoms available in the Center for Wellness and Health Communication Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Peer Contraceptive Counselors, on the 5th floor of UHS, is open Sunday through Thursday, 7 p.m. to 12 a.m. Room 13, in Grays Hall west basement, also has condoms and is open every night from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Contact, in Thayer Hall basement, is open Thursday through Saturday...
There the procrastinator will hopefully discover a significant productivity boost as a result of the new location. Oh, sure, the first floor is intimidating--study groups convene quietly, people sleep in armchairs. But descending down to the basement, the procrastinator just might find an ideal study environment--one where possible distraction is strictly minimal...
...Cabot's basement is not exactly the most aesthetically pleasing study venue that Harvard has to offer, which is exactly why it fits the needs of the procrastinator. No fun and exciting decorations to look at. Visual distraction is eliminated by mini- malism. Avoid the comfy couches and chairs near the basement entrance: if any procrastinator sits here, she becomes the basement's welcoming committee for any and all remote acquaintances. In addition, these comfortable furnishings are more conductive to sleep than study...