Word: paraphernalia
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Over the weekend the halls in one section of the hotel over-flowed with bicycles, footlockers, stereos, and other paraphernalia of college life as more than 160 Tufts students--mainly sophomores--took up residence for the year in hotel room...
England, draws hundreds of birdmen every year. In a recent event, no paraphernalia better demonstrated the timeless desire to fly than a team consisting of two men in white robes caparisoned in large, dovelike wings and halos. Launching themselves from the starting platform, the aspiring angels enjoyed the friendly skies for a few seconds - then plunged like devils into...
...which is composed primarily of Symphony players) to gross a huge annual sum. Through record sales (Arthur Fiedler has sold more records than any conductor in the world), television appearances, cocktail longesque "Evening At Pops", Esplanade concerts, Arthur Fiedler wrist watches and all manner of red-white-and-blue paraphernalia honoring Boston's "Most Outstanding Citizen", as Fiedler was names several years ago, Pops has been able to financially sustain both itself and its host...
During the day, the patient simply plugs up the inconspicuous little breathing tube in the incision−thus assuring normal speech. He usually can conceal the surgical paraphernalia by wearing a turtleneck sweater. At night the plug is removed, and only a few days or so after the operation, nocturnal breathing usually is dramatically improved. The apnea itself is not cured, and might return if the hole were closed at night. But the operation clearly makes life bearable again. Siegel, for example, is now functioning wide-awake during the day and sleeping soundly at night−without snoring...
...dozen other establishments are folded away after a day's shooting. At the end of the street is the crowning bit of make-believe, the period-piece depot that does not deal with trains at all but is Carter's headquarters, festooned with peanut wreaths and campaign paraphernalia. On the freight platform is the rocking chair where Miss Lillian, Carter's already legendary mother, gives her thousandth interview...