Word: bunked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...last week, in that spacious Rancho Santa Fe mansion, with the bougainvillaea in full bloom outside, 39 bodies were laid out on their backs on bunk beds and mattresses, looking like so many laboratory specimens pinned neatly to a board. Each was dressed in black pants, flowing black shirt, spanking-new black Nikes. Their faces were hidden by purple cloths, shrouds the purple of Christian penance. Those who wore glasses had them neatly folded next to their body, and all, helpfully, had identification papers for the authorities to find. The house, more than one awed witness noted, was immaculate, tidier...
...advertising on all campaign literature in exchange for free poster copying. Or the first one who gets a fat check from some Harvard alumnus with the proviso that the candidate, if elected, not try to push for any sort of ethnic studies because the alum thinks it's all bunk...
...triumph of one-to-many communication; the demise of the clueless press. So what if he's such a tightwad that he makes his employees buy their own pens? His vision of the future inspires a dedicated young staff to work unbelievably hard; one of them brought a bunk bed into the office and lived there for months...
...Call me William Jefferson. I originated in a place called Hope, but which might as well have been called Lust or All-Consuming Ambition, and I came roaring forth filled with a soaring zest to converse, to consume, to bunk down with my fellow countrymen and especially countrywomen on the warm, level mattress of Democracy. But somewhere along the way, I discerned a cold, repellent glint in America's eye. Maybe it was my stepfather's rages, or the way my wife's face hardened when the subject turned to cattle futures or real estate or banking. So I learned...
...order to cope with the numbers, the University applied for help in finding housing for married veterans. In addition, the University doubled the capacity of the Yard, leaving only 10 singles available for the entire incoming class. And new bunk beds in place of single beds also increased the capacity of the rooms by 30 percent...