Word: desk
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...point, a small amount of bomb-grade fuel was stolen from the facility and then discovered a few weeks later on a graduate student's desk, Hirsch said. The thief was never found...
Oliver Barrett would have a hard time recognizing the building where he stood at the bell desk, awaiting Jenny in Erich Segal's novel, "Love Story...
...television spot shows a dimly lit office at night, its occupant working hard at his desk. A ghostly voice reverberates in the room, but where is it coming from? Why, from a portrait of William Randolph Hearst, founder of the media empire that bears his name. Hearst gazes down on his grandson William Randolph Hearst III, publisher of the San Francisco Examiner, and quizzes him on his recent staff additions. "Who is this Hunter S. Thompson?" asks Grandfather Hearst in a tone half haughty, half perplexed. Will Hearst, who helped hire the duke of "gonzo" journalism as a columnist, replies...
...refund is sent to the family, and the duty of delivering the check is given to Lowry. The experience of walking into the ruined Buttle home and seeing the almost catatonic widow gives Lowry the first intimation of the evil behind the checks and receipts which pass over his desk every day. It also gives him a glimpse of Jill Layton, a truck driver whom he recognizes as the maiden in his dreams...
Matthew D. Ginsburg '86 said that he complained about the noise at the reserve desk. "I think it is amazing that the library with all the reserve material must be fixed now. It is very, very difficult to concentrate with the noise of all the saws and hammers," he said...