Word: hassock
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...DIFFICULT work. Oftentimes, duty obliged me to enforce laws that I did not believe were constitutional, such as the federal regulation prohibiting personal firearms on airplanes. But it did have its rewards: one day, while searching a jet recently arrived from Tibet, I unrolled a hassock to find a large man-like creature covered head to foot in matted hair...
...Prime Minister had at last finished, the chamber fell silent with expectation. Asked Speaker Menachem Savidor: "Who is in favor?" And when Druckman quickly raised his hand, along with 57 other members of the Knesset, the 58-58 tie vote was inevitable. His bad leg propped on a hassock under the bench, Begin could not look behind him to see how Druckman had voted. His Deputy Prime Minister, Simcha Ehrlich, broke the news to him. Begin then turned in his seat, grimacing, to stare at Druckman for a moment. When Savidor announced the vote, Begin rose to his feet without...
Oshman's Chief Executive Alvin Lubetkin says he is convinced that there is still a market for the exotic fare that made A&F celebrated. The Dallas store has already stocked up with a $350 rhinoceros-shaped leather hassock, $300 pipes made from bruyère roots and $40,000 elephant guns inlaid with gold and platinum. A discriminating car collector can pick up a new version of the famed Abercrombie Runabout sports convertible for $20,775. If any buyer cares, the car gets a surprising 25 m.p.g. on the highway...