Word: bunks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Finally, 400 miles south of Bermuda, Boston gave up, wearily turned about and headed for Swampscott. Then he sprawled for three days on his bunk, too sick to set a course. "I heard the awesome sound of whale spouts in the fog. I felt that I was going up and down into nothing...
...Motor Co. The high-bodied tractor unit perches the driver 8 ft. above the level of the road, which gives him better daytime visibility and avoids the nighttime problem of oncoming headlight glare. Back half of the unit is the equivalent of a rolling motel; instead of a cramped bunk behind the driver's head, the tractor has a small room with two bunks and a lavatory for the crew. Cost of the tractor...
...letters I get from home," wrote People's New York Correspondent Len Coulter, "reveal that thousands of people in Britain have swallowed the old bunk about the American Way of Life-swish homes, big cars, gleaming refrigerators, 21-inch TV sets and plenty of money in the bank. Phooey...
...capacity of the hall will be 108 students, who will live in 45 double rooms and 18 singles. There will be no economy doubles with bunk-beds as these are considered "sub-standard" by the College, and exist in the other dorms only because of the shortage of living quarters...
Other suggestions were the retaining of the entry system, the building of activity rooms in the basement of the new House, an elimination of bunk beds, and the creation of a grill and more music rooms...