Word: makeshift
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While throwing sandbag on top of sandbag on top of sandbag to erect makeshift barriers against the water, some people nonetheless wondered what could be done with all that sand -- or, for that matter, the bags -- once the waters subside. The Army Corps of Engineers calculates that it has distributed 26.5 million bags through the flood area, and each has been filled with roughly 35 lbs. of sand; they can't just be left in piles all over the place...
Designated students within each house also served as air raid coordinators, who hurried students out of their dorm rooms to makeshift basement bomb shelters whenever practice air sirens sounded throughout the Boston area. The air raid coordinators, trained in disarming thermite bombs, were required to wear helmets and armbands whenever a siren sounded...
Whne Jose M. Hernandez- Pol '94 cut his finger to the bone at an engineering lab, he walked into the after hours urgent care unit expecting immediate service. But despite the fact that blood was dripping through his makeshift bandage, a nurse told him he would have to wait for an hour and a half...
...country's most historically innovative band. Economics professors would marvel at these seemingly non-goal-oriented members of society, amazed by Deadheads' ability to financially sustain themselves and their journeys around the country. And sociology students would be astounded by the strange social and arrangements that loyal fans create: Makeshift families form regularly as fans seek transportation, shelter, and the assurance that they will make it to the next show...
...course covered the area of a tennis court, maybe a little more. We pushed our balls past trees and rocks, over grass of different textures, in and out of wickets toward our final goal a makeshift stake, a rock somebody found on the ground. It was a race to reach the stake, but as soon as someone reached the final goal, we changed the rules. The game became Killer Croquet. If you hit the stake first, you were poison, and your goal was to knock out every other player permanently Hitting another ball meant death for your opponent. Hitting...