Word: floorful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...merely a risky spot for small children suddenly showed itself for it was--a dangerous safety hazard in gross violation of existing building codes. The nearly three-foot gaps in the railing left plenty of room for a three-year-old to tumble about 12 feet to a concrete floor; he was treated for wrist and head wounds and was released the same day. The most appalling part of the accident was that it could have been prevented--and if it weren't for Harvard's bureaucracy, it would have been...
...male undergraduates gathered on the lawn and serenaded a woman on the second floor of Cabot Hall. Their performance would not have been particularly unusual, but the undergrads were underclad--in fact, they had on nothing...
...sped recklessly away. The officer flashed his warning lights, and the driver stopped. Looking into the auto, Cieplensky spotted six canisters protruding from a nylon flight bag on the back seat. Some were labeled BLACK POWDER. The trooper was even more astonished at what he found on the floor: three high-power pipe bombs contained in red fire-extinguisher cases...
Today is a quiet Saturday morning at Big Cypress. There are fewer than 1,000 players seated at the long card tables lined up diagonally across the concrete floor. A plump Indian woman in native dress moves up and down the aisles selling bingo cards. The players have set up their cartons of cigarettes alongside their Bic lighters, their coffee thermoses, their good-luck coffee mugs, their plastic cups of French fries, and their little signs that indicate what bus group they are with. They are mostly silent, hunched over their sheets of cards. Occasionally a cheer will...
...plate was, well, unforgettable. Fourteen at-bats, 10 shots to the second-floor fire escape...