Word: desk
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Bork said he thinks the letter will make a goodsouvenir but does not plan to frame it. "I'll keepit filed deep in a desk drawer," he said
While some people say that answering phones all day long is the one of the most boring summer jobs you can have, Herman of New York says he found an even more uninteresting job. The summer after his freshman year, he sat behind a desk at the New York City Department of Transportation waiting for the phone to ring--which it did once an hour--then transferred the calls. The rest of the summer "I just sat at home and didn't do much," he says." But none of this was nearly as boring, says Herman, as his freshman year...
Instead, she spent her days at a desk waiting for the phone calls that rarely came and reading anything she could get her hands on. "I just sat there and read. It wasn't that bad. It was just boring," she says. But after several weeks of life in the rat race, Debbie quit to become a beach...
...Desk Dearth can cause dizziness, disorientation, and even anomie. A few young office nomads persevere and are granted use of the receptionist's desk, perhaps during the congressionally mandated National Executive Assistant Awareness Week...
...defending the N.E.A. against the harsh attacks of Education Secretary Bennett, who shortly before the forum called the union the "most misnamed organization in America." Senator Albert Gore promised that if he won the presidency he would call Bennett on election night and "tell him to clean out his desk." At the Republican forum in the afternoon, Congressman Kemp charged, "This morning it ! was pretty clear the Democrats were speaking for a special interest...