Word: floorful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...other afterlife ever conceived by the mind of man. Death does not involve angels, or houris, or ace bandages (well, perhaps ace bandages--more on this later). Nor does it have anything to do with trumpets, balm of Gilead, Nirvana, or Kama Sutra. Death is lying on the unyielding floor of the Dunster House dining hall with an itchy nose, worrying about being stepped...
...interrogation. Another retraction came from Corporal Robert Williams, who claimed to have heard a drunken Lonetree admit his espionage activities. Moreover, preliminary security sweeps in the Moscow embassy have turned up no bugs or other evidence indicating that Soviet agents ever got inside the secure area on the ninth floor. "The case against Lonetree has fallen apart," said his attorney, Michael Stuhff. "The whole house of cards is built on sand...
...principle behind the maglev is simple: opposite magnetic poles attract each other; like poles repel. In Japan's version, eight superconducting electromagnets are built into the sides of each train car, and thousands of metal coils are set into the floor of the guideway. When the train is in motion, the electromagnets on the train induce electric currents in the guideway coils, which then themselves become electromagnets. As power is increased, the opposing sets of magnets repel each other and lift the train into the air. Two other rows of electromagnets, one on each wall of the U- shaped guideway...
...Manhattan's trendy Bloomingdale's moved its large-size Shop for Women from a little noticed spot on the same floor as the maternity department to a more prominent space that is twice as big. Later this year the store plans to add specially styled lingerie, bathing suits and coats to the sportswear featured in the bustling department. It will hire full-figured salesclerks to help make customers feel more at home...
...usual. Prices for the best players were surprisingly high, everyone agrees, and there were amazing bargains at the end. "I feel we've created a misshapen monster," says Patton, who contributed two chapters on intelligent pricing to Golenbock's book, then saw them contradicted by frenetic, trading-floor reality...