Word: drawerfuls
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This is the "sanctum sanctorum," said John A. Wolter, flinging open the door to the vault, which was cool and quiet as a tomb. "And this," he continued, sliding out a drawer, "is absolutely priceless." The item at hand was a map, faded so much that to take it in entire one had to squint. Drawn in 1791, it was Pierre L'Enfant's original layout of Washington. And here and there on the document, bleached so faint by time that the eye could not make out the words, were criticisms scribbled by the era's most brilliant fussbudget, Thomas...
...directors: they get paid whether their movies are made or not. Paramount's vice president of production, David Madden, estimates that 900 to 1,000 assigned-scriptwriters are in the "or not" category, turning out scripts that are shown around town, perhaps optioned, then stuffed back into the desk drawer...
...which is not what people expected when Bennett arrived in the job with his humanist background, top-drawer intellect and impeccable scholarly credentials: B.A. from Williams College, Ph.D. from the University of Texas, a law degree from Harvard and a stint as chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. According to Terry Hartle, education specialist for the American Enterprise Institute, when Bennett's posting was announced, it was "greeted with a sigh of relief by the educational community, who feared a hatchet man might be appointed." But the community soon learned that relief would not be spelled...
...identified person last Saturday took $50 in change from a can in an unlocked desk drawer in a Coolidge Hall office. There are no suspects in the case...
...Someone took $30 cash from a purse left in a desk drawer at the Bio Labs between 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Monday...