Word: doored
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Inside the office door is the ever-typing secretary. After a few minutes of staring at a geranium, pretending you have something to do and clearing your throat, she notices...
Except it isn't floundering. Week after week, the book is right up there at number two on the Times list, raking in boatloads of cash and sending eager film producers to Cussler's door clutching lucrative contracts for movie rights. Raise the Titanic! is the epitome of what publishers are feeding the American reading public, and that sorry fact says a great deal about the state of today's popular fiction...
...kids can walk out the door," Renee Weinrauch, educational director says, explaining that youths assigned to Hastings House are under no legal obligation to stay. The 11 boys--all of whom are in their teens--sign a contract that is renewed from week to week. If they don't live up to the agreements of their contract--whether that be abstention from stealing cars, playing hooky or vandalism--then they are not allowed to go out at night...
...onto a cold snow bank amidst a stampede of legs. Fending them off he raced back to his room to change lenses. His roommates didn't recognize the trembling madman who foamed at the mouth with alphabet soup. Ravaging the room he flew out the door, down the stairs, and outside as if possessed. His steps followed the parade...
Gambling reflects the mood of the day. Having settled all debts the night before, people feel ready to find out what the year will bring. Children jump as high as they can behind the kitchen door in the hopes that they will grow as much as possible during the coming year, and adults wish each other prosperity countless times. No one makes resolutions in the Western fashion, however, since the future is viewed as determined more by fortune than by the individual...