Word: boxful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Union, for while it is unlikely to change quickly, it does evolve slowly and unevenly. It has opened up somewhat over the last 30 years. There are more contacts as well as more sophistication in the perception of outside reality. There are more pinholes letting light into the "black box...
...pass along the assignment to their network of some 20 part-time mattress testers in eight Midwestern states and Pennsylvania. Rayco's testers, mostly college students, earn at least $10 per call. Usually the problem can be easily remedied, perhaps by turning the mattress over or lubricating the box spring. After three years on the job, the Yurses earn $100,000 annually and are trying to recruit enough modern-day Li'l Abners to take the business nationwide...
...high, constant effulgence with little gray in it, flooding broadly across sea, city and hills, producing luminous shadows and clear tonal structures. It encouraged Matisse to think of space (in particular, the space of the hotel rooms where he worked overlooking the Promenade des Anglais) as a light-filled box, full of reflections, transparencies and openings. Shutters filter the light, and their bars are echoed in the stripes of awnings or rugs; light is doubled by mirrors that break open the space of the room, and discreetly splintered in the gleam from silk, pewter or furniture...
...expect the Bruins to get on the winning track tonight, however. "Obviously we're playing the runners up to the national champions," Hammond said. "We'll play smart, stay out of the penalty box, and stay in the game as long...
...interview with TIME, Enrile asserted that long before the issue of elections even arose, reformers within the military were plotting to topple Marcos (see box). Their plan to install a military junta crumbled, however, with Aquino's electoral success. Enrile said he then offered her military backing and proposed a Cabinet that would in effect form a coalition between Aquino and the military. Enrile charges that the "covenant" has been broken. Aquino supporters say the agreement never existed. Enrile maintains now, as then, that he is not looking to be President. "I have earned my place in history," he says...