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Word: floorful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Because think of it--the nation goes crazy over the greatest upset in the NCAA tourney. The mighty Hoyas fall to the less-than-mighty Tigers. Tigermania in March. Kit Mueller commercials. Bob Scrabis sneakers. Sen. Bill Bradley, ex-Tiger legend, will proclaim on the floor of the Senate how American the NCAA tournament...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Praying to the Tourney Gods | 3/16/1989 | See Source »

...months passed. The unopened books began to spread over my floor like cactus roots thirsting for water. The only mail I received were overdue book notices. In one day I received five cards from Lamont. One read, "For Shame...

Author: By Julie L. Belcove, | Title: A Tale of Angst and Oreos | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

...Harold Washington in lacy lingerie. Last week the institute was defending another inflammatory exhibit, a work by Scott Tyler, self-proclaimed "supporter of the Revolutionary Communist Party U.S.A.," titled What Is the Proper Way to Display a U.S. Flag? Its key component: an American flag stretched out on the floor. The institute claimed that Old Glory was positioned so viewers would not be forced to walk on it. But Joseph Morris, a lawyer for several veterans' groups, said the exhibit constitutes an "invitation to step on the flag." The vets, however, failed to persuade Cook County Circuit Judge Kenneth Gillis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chicago: Flag-on-the-Floor Furor | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

...Nunn, who believes that the tests of private relations and public life cannot be different simply because it is impossible to split a whole person in two, it was a painful admission. A few days before Nunn would lead the charge against John Tower on the Senate floor, the 50-year-old chairman of the Armed Services Committee sat in his office under the influence of two diet Cokes and finally confessed that he once stole some eggs from a neighbor who kept chickens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Smart, Dull And Very Powerful: SAM NUNN | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

...will-o'-the-wisp of bipartisanship was likely to evaporate anyway, a fight to the finish could provide the President with an opportunity to charge that it was the Democrats who spoiled the atmosphere first. "It's been so embarrassing already, what's a vote on the Senate floor?" said one operative working on Tower's behalf. "Besides, this way the Administration gets to identify exactly who's against them." Increasingly, the battle was drawn tightly along partisan lines, with pro-Tower Republicans headed by Dole facing off against Democrats lined up behind Sam Nunn, the powerful chairman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: So Much for Bipartisanship | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

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