Word: corking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...City master builder Robert Moses. The Power Broker is an obligatory book for understanding modern urban politics. In turning to L.B.J., Caro shifted his focus from how New York City works to what makes the nation run. The answer is not surprising. As Franklin Roosevelt's factotum Tommy ("the Cork") Corcoran responded when Caro asked how the young L.B.J. gained power, "Money, kid. But you'll never be able to write about...
...main floor of Lamont Library has a new look this fall, bedecked in "Ultraviolet Plus" carpeting designed to quell the squeakiness of the cork tile floor...
Funded by a $50,000 donation from the grandson of the library's benefactor, the carpet was selected by members of the Lamont Beautification Committee, said Heather E. Cole, librarian of Lamont and Hilles. Cole said the rug was part of a plan to cover the cork in all public areas of the building...
...fire. No matter when peace is finally achieved, the use of chemical weapons will remain a lasting legacy of the war, and its consequences will be debated by the international community for years to come. Says Julian Robinson, an expert on chemical weapons at the University of Sussex: "The cork is out of the bottle...
...movement going and boasted that the controversy would make them the "biggest niggers in New York." A new wrinkle developed at week's end, when McKinnon's cousin, Alvin McKinnon, revealed that Perry had a history of mental problems. Alvin, a Sharpton supporter, said his cousin "had popped the cork again." Other Sharpton aides, however, were said to be on the verge of corroborating Perry McKinnon's charges...