Word: door
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...soon as the dewlaps of Senator Helms' patriarchal wrath started shaking at its door, the Corcoran caved in and canceled Mapplethorpe's show. Unappeased, the ayatullah of North Carolina proposed a measure that would forbid the NEA to give money to "promote, disseminate or produce" anything "obscene or indecent" or derogatory of "the objects or beliefs of the adherents of a particular religion or non-religion" -- which, taken literally, comprises any image or belief of any kind, religious or secular...
...know, what men used to say about the Women's Movement--Does this mean I can never open a door for a woman again? It's almost the same thing...
...Have a good evening," he said, not looking at us as he stepped out. Eric told him to take it easy. The rest of us were silent. "Bye," I whispered, after the door was almost closed. I was having problems with my timing that night...
...Less than half an hour later, there was a knock at the door. I cracked the door, and at that point he was opening the screen door and coming in and saying 'I have to talk to you.' It was the same man. His attitude was 'We don't want you here.' He commented that he had been shot by a black once. Then he started going into 'black trash' and so on and so forth. He let me know that if I decided to stay there, I would have to look forward to whatever happened and he would...
Like Jupiter and Saturn, but unlike its near-twin next-door neighbor, Uranus, Neptune appears to have distinct weather patterns. The probe's cameras have glimpsed a streak of white that may be an atmospheric jet stream, longitudinal bands that could mark prevailing winds, and a dark blotch, perhaps similar to Jupiter's ancient high-pressure system known as the Great Red Spot. Neptune, Jupiter and Saturn all generate more heat than they receive from the sun, while Uranus does not; the excess heat may be the source of the turbulence...