Word: paint
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...medieval lies Prague's socialist layer, the residue of neglect and cynicism, the peeling paint, the shop shelves half empty from the day before yesterday when the Bohemians and Moravians and Slovaks were under occupation -- a nation landbound and Lenin-bound as well...
...women in business suits sporting "The Future is Now " buttons filled the front rows, surrounded on three sides by carpenters in paint-splattered T-Shirts and jeans...
...tenants cited peeling paint, holes in ceilings and floors, heat problems, mice and poor upkeep in the building's common areas. In short, critics say a city agency agreed to raise rents for a building that is "abominable" and "a dump." And they say 266-270 Windsor St. is a perfect example of why the city's rent control system needs structural reforms...
...tracked down more than 20 former IBM salesmen and managers, most now in their 60s and 70s, who worked closely with Perot in those early years. Some of their memories are fading, a number of key players are dead, and documents are virtually nonexistent. But the picture the retirees paint, while sometimes sketchy, shows Perot to have been more ruthless and petty in his early business dealings than is commonly known...
...colleagues paint a picture that isn't pretty...