Word: boxful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...clean laundry, but instead of opening the drawers as one might expect, she goes directly to the closet. There she puts various articles of clothing into bags marked for Goodwill and the Salvation Army. The few knickknacks scattered around the otherwise stripped bare room get slipped into a box under her bed. Toiletries are thrown into a plastic garbage bag and deposited into the trash...
Umberto Eco's novel, The Name of the Rose, would hardly seem the stuff that a bestseller--or a box-office smash--is made of. Despite a hypnotic murder mystery and a steamy deflowering, down deep it's about a bunch of medieval monks. But this unlikely tale evolves into a fast-paced, captivating piece of cinema...
...postgame press conference, Duffner also said, "I'm very proud of my staff." But his coaching staff--at least those who sat in the press box during the game--rivalled Duffner for classlessness...
...increasing use of wiretaps and tapes, says another investigator, is "like opening a Pandora's box of the Mafia's top secrets and letting them all hang out in the open." Both top Mafia trials will depend heavily on tapes as evidence, as have numerous RICO cases around the country. The FBI's bugging has increased sharply, from just 90 court-approved requests in 1982 to more than 150 in each of the past two years. The various investigating agencies, including state and local police, have found novel places to hide their bugs: in a Perrier bottle, a stuffed...
Although boom boxes and walkmen with speakers do give a similar sound, the box's portability makes it more popular with students. "A box is a good way to get a group together for a study party outside," says Cathy M. Dale '90. The Matthews Hall resident took advantage of yesterday's sunny weather to use her box in Harvard Yard for just that purpose...