Word: basement
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...April 1913 the body of Mary Phagan, 13, strangled to death, was found in the basement of the Atlanta pencil factory where she worked. Leo Frank, the factory's manager, was arrested for the crime and, despite his protestations of innocence, convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Two years later, after his sentence had been commuted to life imprisonment by the Governor of Georgia, Frank was taken from his prison cell by persons unknown and lynched. Because Frank was Jewish, his case became a nationwide cause celebre for Jewish groups and political figures crusading against anti-Semitism...
Many, perhaps most, U.S. executives would still give that response. In their mind, the risks of investing in Asian economies that are still struggling to recover from a region-wide financial collapse far outweigh the bargain-basement prices now available. The deep recession in much of Asia looks likely to last through at least another year, then give way only to a very gradual recovery. That's at best; at worst, the recessionary cycle might still take one or more additional downward twists...
...surprised by the disparate quality of the different dorms," says Jamil O. French, a first-year living in a basement suite in Wyeth. "Gropius is low quality and cheap. At North Hall, the cost way exceeds the quality. [Wyeth] is pretty much in the middle...
Instead, some pencil-pushing, pencil-necked geek locked in a basement room at The Seattle Times is helping to determine who plays for the national championship by his computer program. And in a sick way, it's probably fairer. Florida State lost to North Carolina State 24-7 in Week Two and the voters forgave and forgot. Kansas State lost 36-33 Dec. 5 and it was screwed...
Kosberg said one of his primary goals is creating a cable station which would be transmitted from HRTV studios, located in the basement of Pforzheimer House...