Word: buttoned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Okay, you win--some buildings have lifts. But once inside, problems persist. Eye-contact between closing doors never does much to improve neighborly relations; pressing the right button constantly begs a meal-like "pardon my reach"; and then staring blankly at the floor indicator is pathetic anyway, since the elevators only stop on at most every third floor...
...three...one, two, three four...one, two..." For the next seven minutes we listen to audio clips of artists counting to four. When it's over we find ourselves wishing for the sweet hum of New York City traffic. Sunkist boy has other ideas. He punches the repeat button on his box. The counting recommences. For the next three hours it continues uninterrupted...
...late term miscarriage, more than twice the outside rate. Only 20 percent of prison pregnancies end with live births. The New York Times recently described a woman forced to give birth shackled to her bed with her hands cuffed together and who was unable to reach the call button to summon a nurse when she delivered her baby...
While the rest of the state, enjoying a day off from work and school, cheers along the 26.2 miles from Hopkinton to Boston today, Harvard students, who are stuck in class, can follow friends, relatives and marathon leaders with the simple click of a mouse button...
...button issue right now is how much input parents should have in union negotiations...