Word: gathering
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...former colleague recalls Armistead Maupin's arrival at the San Francisco Chronicle in 1976: "He would sort of come in about two hours after he was supposed to, plop down on his desk and go, 'God, did I have a night last night.' We would all gather around him and be regaled with stories of all the rich and famous people he'd been partying with all night . . . What used to really kill us is that then he would turn to his desk and effortlessly, in about half an hour, type out these incredibly funny columns...
...commons will be located underneath a new first-year dining hall, which will relocate from its present location at the Harvard Union to what is now Alumni Hall. It will provide a place for students to gather and relax between classes and sections, according to Philip J. Parsons, director of planning and senior development officer in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
From the streamlined funk of Tomorrow's Girls to the bouncy saunter of Countermoon, the songs find a groove and gather momentum as breezy vocals and serpentine horn charts glide over a swinging rhythm section. Trans-Island Skyway builds from a muttering bass line and ice-cool finger snaps to an exhilarating joyride that derives part of its thrill from the danger lurking around the next bend. When Fagen sings, "Strap in tight cause it's a long sweet ride," it's like speeding in a convertible with the top down...
...squads gather at the center of the field for an instant after shaking hands and then split, separated from each other by victory and defeat...
Back at the White House, the Clintons have tried to re-create a down-home atmosphere. The solarium sometimes substitutes for the huge kitchen in Little Rock where most of their entertaining was done. It is where overnight guests gather for breakfast. Arkansas-born actress Mary Steenburgen, who spent the night in the Lincoln Bedroom on her birthday, is the only guest so far to jump into the outdoor pool. When Norman Lear came for dinner, the President wore sneakers and dinner was chicken enchiladas. One night when Arkansas Senator David Pryor was over, he insisted the President...