Word: dampness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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That left Tim, Phoebe, and myself at the cabin Friday night. We sat by the fire after the others left, playing poker with a damp pack of cards Tommy had found, using sugar cubes for chips. Tim drank, which he almost never does, got rosy-checked and high. He said nothing about the night's shooting--and instead talked only about poker, as he slowly cleaned Phoebe...
...think it's great," said one damp Cliffie yesterday, "that with all our technological advances you can still get screwed up by the snow...
...painter deftly laid on his water-base colors, which were sucked into the wall by capillary action. He had to work quickly, for the paint he added after the plaster had dried lay on the surface and could eventually flake off. But color applied while the plaster was damp stayed in it for centuries. As visitors to the Metropolitan can see, the roses, rusts, golds, apple greens and tangy violets today remain as lusty, yet airily mysterious, as they were 500 years...
Inevitable Pause. Dobrynin arrived on time. While waiting for the presidential summons, he complimented Rostow on his tan, recently acquired in the Virgin Islands, and complained genially about the capital's damp heat. "But Moscow does not regard Washington as a hardship post," he chuckled. Then they went upstairs to the first-floor Cabinet Room. Johnson joined them after a few minutes. He ordered a Scotch and soda for his guest, a Fresca for himself. He took his cus tomary seat at the table's center, with Rostow on his left to take notes. Do brynin, across...
...damp down rumors that often lead to riots?a report that a pregnant Negro woman had been beaten by police helped precipitate the 1965 uprising ?Los Angeles, like other cities, has set up rumor-control centers. If an inflammatory incident occurs, police immediately tell their side of the story to the local rumor-control officer. He calls four friends and each of them calls four more; the chain continues until a large part of the community knows that there are at least two sides to the story. "It's very loose-knit," admits Reddin, "but it gets the word...