Word: linoleum
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...book glows, holographic, with an unearthly halo, so that the precise details of lemon groves and white walls, dirty linoleum stairs, and blue velvet all hold the threat of profound poetry...
...about working." Before a spinal injury incapacitated her, she was a nurse and a census enumerator. Afterward no one would hire her. "Lots of people who are capable of working don't get the opportunity," she says. Except for a pet rabbit named Kortina, she lives alone. The linoleum floors in her living room gleam. The white curtains above the radiator seem to have just come from the wash and the ironing board. "I'm going to do more work for the city," she says proudly. "I wish more people in more towns could do the same thing...
Arnold attributed the absence of a sub-80 round by the Crimson to the winter conditions on the course as most of the linksters fell victim to three putt greens on five or six occasions. "The greens were unbelievable," he said last night. "It was like putting on a linoleum floor in your kitchen and trying to aim for your dish-washer...