Word: nearing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Noah Mullet go unshaven as a sign of personal simplicity. A new state law forbids fire fighters to wear beards in the line of duty. The reason: facial hair prevents a proper seal from forming between the skin and a breathing mask, which fire fighters are required to use near flames...
Predock's own favorite residential work is the Fuller House, a more dramatic faux village finished two years ago in the high Sonoran Desert near Phoenix. It is more determinedly "spiritual," portentous, even sci-fi. "I like haunted, charged spaces," Predock explains. Inside is a polished black granite fountain from which water runs in a narrow, razor-straight canal outdoors, across a plaza and into a circular pool. There is a pavilion for watching sunrises at the east end, another for staring at sunsets in the west. The study is a stepped pyramid of volcanic stone, topped with a skylight...
...Humphrey tradition, Jackson has promised Democratic voters a laundry list of expensive new domestic programs, from housing to education. The cost of his comprehensive health-care program alone would be near prohibitive even without the deficit problem. Moreover, he has been unable to resist the siren song of free-lunch economics. His centerpiece proposal is to tap $60 billion in public pension funds to finance low-income housing and public works programs. The money would be taken out of stocks and bonds and invested where it could do the most good. Simple in theory, but what about the retirees...
...Cloud home will undoubtedly be the Reagans' primary residence. Nancy reportedly does not care for Ronnie's beloved ranch near Santa Barbara. Besides, the only neighbors there are a few dogs and horses...
...sexual discrimination case of former Facilities Maintenance employee Charlotte Walters against the University appeared precipitously near a resolution last month. Lawyers for both sides completed their final arguments before the Boston Federal Court jury, bringing to an end a two-week trial of the case which has so far taken seven years to litigate...