Word: drawerfuls
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...crystal" display that remains constantly illuminated. For those willing to shell out at least $500, Ragen Precision Industries of New Jersey offers a no-battery "solar" powered model, which requires so little light for power that the manufacturer claims it will still be running after a year in a drawer...
...Allen told the august Arts and Leisure Section of the New York Times that he made The Towering Inferno for the money and nothing else and threatened us with 19 follow-ups, a string of Sons of Towering Inferno's for which he claims he has scripts in the drawer...
...revamped biography of Fanny Brice, here and there belting out a tune as if the lyrics were marching orders. Streisand is still more the enthusiastic personality than dexterous actress. She changes costumes faster than moods, and usually tosses off her lines like a rich girl rummaging through a drawer full of last year's clothes...
...million gift from a disgruntled Yalie--he had offered to fund a Houses system at Yale but had been turned down by the faculty there--in 1926 that allowed Lowell to pull the residential House plan from his top drawer and present it to the faculty as a fait accompli. Not, however, without much opposition. In addition to alumni, the decision produced an uproar among clubbies who had no desire to lose their exclusive status or to live in a heterogeneous situation. Lowell found himself walking a tight political line: he said he wasn't out to destroy the club...
...home he keeps a wide desk drawer stuffed with magazine clippings on automobiles; a lot of these are advertisements and he can quote their slick spiels word for word, including details on dimensions, mileage and extra gadgets...