Word: floorful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Vigier says that in many parts of the Square, buildings had been built at a much lower floor area ratio (FAR) than permitted by zoning laws. FAR is the ratio of the total floor space in a building to the size...
Proponents of the case study method say that the system's ability to involve students directly in the discussion and decision-making process is its foremost advantage. Students have the floor in most case discussions and direct their comments and questions towards each other as they work through a real business scenario. Professors remain in the background, instead of lecturing or controlling discussion...
Bush, for whom loyalty is close to a religion, quickly announced that he would carry the fight to the Senate floor. A vote by the full chamber may take place this week, assuming Tower does not take the White House off the hook by withdrawing. Considering that the Democrats hold a 55-to-45 majority -- and that, for all the sanctimonious clucking about Tower's personal habits, last week's vote was overtly partisan -- Bush is likely to suffer a second and perhaps more damaging loss...
...invited a few friends from home. One of my friends, in fact, had been hired to dee-jay the party. As a result, for much of the evening, he and most of my other friends were clustered in a section of the room physically detached from the dance floor. My friends, with one exception, are in their early 20s. The exception was the kid brother of two of my friends, a boy still in high school...
...Captain Sarah Duncan led all scorers with 15 points. Sophomore Beth Wambach scored 12 points--going five-for-seven from the floor and two-for-two from three-point range--and guard Hanya Bluestone added 10 points...