Word: floorings
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...while working as a mechanical engineer in Philadelphia, Richard James saw a torsion spring fall off his desk and tumble end over end across the floor. "I think I can make a toy out of this," he later said. Two years afterward, all 400 of the toy's first run sold in 90 minutes--launching the Slinky craze...
...this competition has a history, which echoes from the halls of the fourth floor MAC gymnasium to the dusty parquet of the QRAC floor...
...Apolinar Cabrera wants is his final paycheck. And he and some 200 of his former colleagues at the shut-down Republic Windows & Doors factory in Chicago are going to sit in the cold production-line floor until they get the money they've earned. "I know the economy is bad, for everyone," he said yesterday afternoon, standing in the plant's lobby, "but all I want to do is give my kids a nice Christmas. I'm going to stay until I get all the money we deserve." The father of two - ages nine and six - is expecting...
...years building windows and working in shipping. He says he didn't really think he'd be part of the largest labor sit-in in recent memory. When Republic was still up and running, he had heard rumors about troubled finances. One of the guys on the factory floor said he had heard the company was planning to leave town, and maybe take its employees along. Last Tuesday, however, the factory's estimated 300 employees, including Cabrera, were called into a meeting and told that Republic would shut down three days later. Cabrera, who received a check that covered Thanksgiving...
...keyed by a three-pointer by Lin, who followed that up with a dunk. The reigning Ivy League Player of the Week strongly stated his case for repeat honors, as he played nearly the entire game, logging 38 minutes, and was remarkably efficient, shooting 9-of-12 from the floor. “Jeremy is playing amazing,” Pusar said. “What’s even funnier, he’s carrying such an enormous load, but he does this every day in practice too. He proves day in, day out he?...