Word: cartful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...summit, the number of people was astounding; the numerous plazas and pavilions were filled with people, and required a wait to do practically anything. Grab lunch at the restaurant or at a snack cart? Wait 45 minutes to reach the food at either location. Women's bathroom? Half an hour. Telephone? 20 minutes. Even the bookstore had a line that stretched all the way around the sleek entrance pavilion...
...Others, however, strongly support Hume's greatness on the ground that the force of his personality definitely affected the age in which he lived. It is not a question of the cart before the horse in either case, merely the old problem of which came first, the chicken or the egg. In any case, there is much to be said on both sides...
...comforts of the cars but by their sheer tonnage as well. The organization man of the 1950s might have been satisfied with a workadaddy DeSoto; in the 1970s the aspiring hipster could relieve his mid-life crisis with an Italian sports car the size of a Shriner go-cart. Affluent Americans of the 1990s--so responsible at home, so productive in the workplace--want a car designed for war. With its four-wheel drive and tons of torque and booster-rocket horsepower, today's sports-utility vehicle would have come in handy at the Battle of the Bulge...
...Estate Scrooge, who represented the landlords who were raising rents and evicting tenants, was played by Ian C. MacKinnon, a former candidate for City Council. Clad in a tuxedo, dark sunglasses, a black top hat and a black cloth which covered his face, he stood atop a covered shopping cart...
...years I have been into computers. I remember my family's firstmachine: an Apple IIe. My favorite digital pastime was playing "Dr. J. vs. Larry Bird" and breaking the backboard with a slam dunk so the little cleanup man would come out with his squeaky cart to clean it up like onWoody Woodpecker. But I digress...