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Word: floorful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Repertory Theatre production. The pair were descending a staircase leading from the main lobby to the basement of the 25 year-old Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. The toddler ducked between a nearly three-foot-wide gap in the stair railing and fell one story to the concrete floor...

Author: By Spencer S. Hsu, | Title: A Child's Fall Prompts City Safety Reviews | 6/9/1988 | See Source »

...Yard, both located in one entryway in one dormitory. As an upperclassman in Leverett House, one of the three houses at the College even partially wheelchair accessible, he had no access to the library, common rooms or most students' rooms. And, when the University said living on the 10th floor would be a fire hazard for him, Wallace enlisted the aid of a Boston lawyer to convince Harvard to let him live on an upper floor of the house high-rise...

Author: By Spencer S. Hsu, | Title: Clearing Barriers to Learning | 6/9/1988 | See Source »

...proposal asking Harvard to divest from its stocks in all companies doing business in South Africa reached the floor of the Board in December, was diverted to a committee meeting in February, and prompted the creation of an unprecedented joint panel composed of overseers and members of the seven-man Corporation in April. The Board has yet to vote on the proposal itself...

Author: By Emily M. Bernstein, | Title: Divestment Activists Stymied at Meetings | 6/9/1988 | See Source »

Even as his faint hopes of stopping Dukakis'nomination were being snuffed out, Jackson was atwork on the next phase of his campaign. He said hehad earned "the option" of a vice presidentialoffer, vowed a floor fight at the convention ifDukakis doesn't toughen his position against SouthAfrica and pressed for changes in delegate rules...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Duke Clinches Nomination Behind Primary Victories | 6/8/1988 | See Source »

...unprecedented charges against a Speaker underscore Republicans' resentment of his conduct since he replaced Tip O'Neill 18 months ago. Wright has none of the camaraderie that O'Neill used to keep harmony in the House. The Republicans accuse Wright of ramming bills onto the House floor, bypassing committees and avoiding amendments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Speaker's Wrong Stuff | 6/6/1988 | See Source »

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