Word: buttons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Suddenly the psycho-esque beeping of an oncoming truck increased, and the last truck of the day pulled into make its final deposit. He pushed a button and the back of his truck went up with a swoosh. Tilting back, the truck purged its contents of splintered wood, three legged metal grade school desks, tattered sofa cushions and a myriad of dark tied trash bags. Returning itself to its normal position, the truck pulled away and the few remaining men began to disperse back out into the parking lot where their own pick up trucks awaited them...
Frank McCourt is wearing an orange button-down shirt, gray pants and a blue blazer--all standard fare for a featured author, especially when you're the speaker at a Graduate School of Education Fundraiser. McCourt, looks, unmistakably, nice. Actually, he looks like he could be my grandfather, without much of a problem. He's even got the sneakers, shining out amid a sea of loafers and lace-ups in the affluent audience...
...Fifteen, almost lost in her oversized orange polo, Erica hardly looks 6 1/2 months pregnant. But she is, and she can't button her pants all the way anymore...
...production), its two associate editors jumped ship to hang out with some kiddies. And though continuing my residence in Dunster House, I left most other aspects of my college life behind as well. I chilled in the Pit. I tramped through the Yard with people not wearing cargo pants, button-downs or DHA sweats. I passed people I knew who didn't even register my presence, what with the posse of homies I was traveling with. A boy named Crazylikes wanted to know if I was a cop; a guy at the pizza place wanted my phone number...
...decor itself, though, is uniformly bizarre. Motorcycles and car engines hang from the ceiling, and in the middle of the otherwise conservative button-down shirt rack, a huge silver pegasus statue rears its head...