Word: draining
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this play, he achieves the magic of the commonplace. His characters are plain-as-drain people, yet their fretful crises engage our affection and concern...
When President Carter signed the windfall profits tax bill into law this week, Harvard's recent hopes for federal government help with the steadily increasing costs of its Medical Area Total Energy Plant (MATEP) went down the drain...
City workers using bulldozers dug a makeshift trench next to the car in an attempt to drain the liquid, which mixed with the moisture in the air to form an acrid, choking...
Firemen in gas masks shoveled debris off the track to help the liquid drain off into the pit, from which workers later pumped it into a waiting tank truck...
...private cubicle to begin the treatment. At Manhattan's Tranquility Tanks, this involves an eight-point countdown that includes a shower (herbal soap and shampoo), entering the tank ("Have a wonderful float") and a cryptic sendoff: "Stay with your experience, come out easy and let the water drain off the back of your head...