Word: fitting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unpacking it again with a local crew at a new theater at 8 the same morning. They have a delicate and demanding job. The scenery and equipment fill two 48-ft. truck trailers, and some theaters aren't big enough to accommodate the whole show. Some theaters aren't fit to accommodate any show. Burns is still muttering about one theater where the local crew chief, a plumber, counterbalanced 800-lb. light pipes and pieces of overhead scenery not with the customary lead weights or even sandbags but with old toilets and radiators...
Such an all-encompassing enterprise, composed of pieces that don't quite fit together, was bound to become a Frankenstein monster with multiple personalities. Altogether, there were 44 award categories, representing everyone from Brother Blue to Bim Skala Bim, from the obscure to the nationally famous, from singles to albums to videos, from folk to country to jazz to reggae to rock to hardcore...
...converge to a single story; they are not unified by a definite connection between the characters, and their similarities do not, in the end, seem very convincing. The optimistic, peaceful conclusion of the novel is nice enough, but does not seem adequately prepared; the message does not fit the story...
Most of the clothes I buy from catalogs even fit too, although they are usually out of style by the time they arrive. Still, it beats going through maximum security every time you want to go to a store...
...question remains whether even the most laudable local programs need to be funded through explicit clauses in the highway bill. After all, the bill already gives states $81 billion in discretionary authority to use on eligible projects as they see fit. David Chapin of the Maryland department of transportation admits that his state had been planning to pay for three of its demonstration projects ($34 million) that were included in the bill. Skeptics might wonder in this case why Montana taxpayers should help Maryland residents foot the bill...