Word: carpetting
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...room given to Michael and Eileen is packed like a storage cellar with paint cans, a battered cocktail wagon, a shopping cart, cardboard boxes full of clothing, which serve as Michael's chest of drawers, suitcases and a single bed resting on remnants of red carpet...
...original pre-invasion Afghan population of 15 million, only 8 million still live within their country. The rest have either fled over the borders to Iran and Pakistan or have been exterminated through Soviet chemical warfare attacks, scorched-earth tactics which have resulted in widespread famine, indiscriminate carpet bombing, and mass executions. One out of every two refugees in the world today is an Afghan; infant mortality caused by malnutrition reached an appalling 85 percent last winter...
...Most students are back in their rooms by now. The room at Room 13 is furnished with old sofas and overstuffed chairs. There is a serviceable if not beautiful pale green carpet, and a New York poster hangs on one wall. The exposed pipes overhead let visitors know that it's a basement, but it's not uncomfortable...
...Taylor prevented a sure score by smacking the ball to the carpet...
Harvard's offense--brilliant in spots--often sputtered because of the slick carpet. Crimson passes frequently flew past their targets by 10 feet or more...