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Word: floorful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...drive is there already, four on the floor, nonstop. "I dream for a living," Spielberg explains. "Once a month the sky falls on my head, I come to, and I see another movie I want to make. Sometimes I think I've got ball bearings for brains; these ideas are slipping and sliding across each other all the time. My problem is that my imagination won't turn off. I wake up so excited I can't eat breakfast. I've never run out of energy. It's not like OPEC oil; I don't worry about a premium going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: I Dream for a Living | 7/15/1985 | See Source »

...recent years, Cabot House, the oldest of the Quad Houses, has been plagued by leaky roofs, sewerage problems, and faulty electrical systems The problems came to a head last October when a second floor toilet backed-up and exploded, flooding two floors in Briggs Hall

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: Officials Say They'll Make Decision On Renovations to Quad Tomorrow | 7/9/1985 | See Source »

...string of thefts from the second floor bathroom of Weld Hall, three women are suspected of stealing $83 worth of cosmetics. The thefts, which include two curling irons and a bottlerof shampoo, occured Saturday between 2 and 4 p.m., according to police records...

Author: By Charles C. Matthews, | Title: Police Blotter | 7/9/1985 | See Source »

...textbook. "Quieres monkear?" is one way of saying "Want to hang out?" Borrowed from the slang infinitive "to monkey around," the Spanglish verb monkear is used in the same way as truckear, which refers to working around trucks, shopear (i.e., at the market) and mopear (the kitchen floor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Donde Esta el VACUUM CLEANER? | 7/8/1985 | See Source »

...converted warehouse with a rusting cast-iron facade in SoHo. Entree to Paik's aerie comes via a freight elevator, with the host himself hauling on the chain pulley that drags the motor into grumbling life. As the aging contraption shakes and shudders toward the fifth floor, Paik says in heavily accented English, "After this, everything anticlimax...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video Artist Nam June Paik: Four Who Brought Talent | 7/8/1985 | See Source »

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