Word: doorknobs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...quart of vodka. For reasons that seem stupefyingly apparent, his wife has walked out on him, and he has done what every alcoholic does in a moment of crisis-hit the bottle. But his redemptive godfather is at hand, a most unlikely good Samaritan who rips out the doorknob to make his entrance...
...Carters' belongings was trucked out and the first load of the Reagans' rolled in. A number of eager Reagan aides also took up their posts. Five workers entered the Oval Office just as Dominador Julian, who has served every President since Eisenhower, was polishing the brass doorknob. They rearranged the furniture as Reagan had specified, moving the sofas into a conversation area. They also took on the Cabinet Room, replacing the portraits of Jefferson and Truman with those of Eisenhower and Coolidge. As Reagan explained to his Cabinet at their first meeting the following day: "Eisenhower...
Jeff Forman, who notes that Canaday is the best place to live on campus because the floors are carpeted, has had a few pretty hysterical memories himself. Like the old toothpaste-on-the-doorknob-to-gross-out-your-roommate routine. It backfired. "Don't put toothpaste on your doorknob," he warns. "See, it's got sugar in it and it hardens and then...
Canaday C-entry eats together, stringing together one in-joke after another. They talk about putting the doorknob through the wall, and they joke about their janitor. No one complains about "isolation" or unfriendly neighbors. "I expected people to be a lot colder. Everyone, especially the people in my entry, is very nice," one freshman says...
...mind. His actors of ten move at an otherworldly pace that recalls the stylized slowness of silent movies-especially in a wordless sequence that lasts almost half an hour. He builds suspense through the use of the unsuspected detail: a hand picking up a glove, a gleaming doorknob, an empty pair of shoes...