Word: footstool
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...which (thank God) still worked. But could the TV Guide have been wrong? It seemed inconceivable, but I wouldn't relax until I saw the opening title. I was the only one up in the house. I turned off all the lights and sat there waiting on a footstool right in front...
Babson was Harvard's first opponent, and it really made a great stepping stone for the Crimson. As in, Babson was a small, insignificant footstool that Harvard could use to lift itself to greater heights...
...that he often invokes the "I'm-just-kidding" defense as an all-purpose shield. But, hey, who can hold a grudge for long against a guy who explains that the Ottoman Empire got its name "because it had the same amount of intelligence and energy as a footstool"? O'Rourke simply calls them as he sees them...
...restricted income. Endowment money would free the unrestricted funds for other purposes, but Bruce Collier, special assistant to Dean Rosovsky, say the interest on the $5 million will only pay for a quarter of the total cost of non-departmental programs. "It's more of a footstool than a chair," Collier says...
...minority of zealous anti-royalists in Britain, that feeling has almost disappeared. Elizabeth's own gentle, wise and dutiful reign and the growing popularity of her Crown Prince son almost ensure that the foes of monarchy will not have their way. Even if he has to wait at the footstool of the throne for decades, Charles will almost certainly one day become King. Reflects Marge Davies, a cleaning woman in Oxford: "Charlie would really be good for the country. We need someone like...