Word: floorful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Late in the week some parts of the Yucatan peninsula remained under 10 ft. of water, and seafront hotels were reporting extensive damage by high waves that rolled over seawalls and bashed through first-floor areas. Damage in Cancun was so extensive that one hotelier predicted it would require at least a month to clean up before reopening for business...
...week. The three, who were being held without trial under South Africa's 27-month-old state-of-emergency laws, slipped away from guards while receiving physical therapy at Johannesburg Hospital. After making their way across the city, they took refuge in the U.S. consulate on the eleventh floor of the bustling Kine Center, a popular shopping and office complex...
Dean of Continuing Education Michael Shinagel at Quincy House also helped initiate new measures. In 1986 a small sixth-floor blaze filled corridors of that house with acrid, toxic smoke during Christmas break...
...Democratic floor manager, Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) said that while the bill is flawed, "at least all of us can go home" and say, "We responded to our constituents and the nation. We have made some effort to address the problem as Republicans and Democrats, and we have set our labels behind...
...fans quadrennially bestow their affection on an elfin gymnast. Perhaps it is the daunting mix of skills: the daring speed and height of the vault, the elegance and precision of the balance beam, the strength and fluidity of the uneven parallel bars, the showmanship and gravity subversion of the floor exercise. Or perhaps it is the sheer beauty of a sport that seems as artistic as it is athletic...