Word: knobs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fact, there may be some truth to claims by other traditionalists that once Faulkner is in, rather than playing by the Citadel's rules, she (or her legal team) hopes to change the place. After their initial victory, her lawyers asked Houck to excuse her from the traditional knob crew cut, on the shaky grounds that it would stigmatize her as a woman. More sensibly, given recent threats on Faulkner's life and fear of cadet harassment, attorney Sara Mandelbaum promised, "We'll be monitoring Shannon's progress closely -- and we'll hold the administration accountable...
...have to turn the volume knob way up to discover the way in which this, or any other Meadows song, is built, from the words onward, and what makes it interesting. Much more so than could ever be true of any louder type of pop, the Sugargliders' songs become vanilla-flavored background music whenever you can't pay enough attention to them, whether that's because you're listening while writing a paper, or because your speakers turn all tones to tin. Listen loud, however--especially to the long last two tracks, "90 Days of Moths and Rust...
Mark returned the completed forms and received in exchange a small, sterile cup. The smiling woman directed him to a little room, sparsely decorated with a chair, sink, mirror, television and selection of recent Playboy and Penthouse magazines. Mark disappeared behind the door and switched the label above the Knob from "vacant" to "occupied...
...simple twist of the combination knob opened nearly half of the boxes yesterday, employees said...