Word: passageway
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...problem with common rooms is best realized simply by looking at them. To begin with, they almost always open in several directions. At least, they contain a main entrance and a passageway to the rest of the suite (as in New Quincy). At worst, they contain the main entrance, the door to the bathroom and the door to each bedroom (as in Adams...
...Link's supple shape was what initiallyattracted this subjective--nay, thrilled--reporterto the scene. A deep archway is cut into therectangular, three-story building's center,allowing pedestrians unhindered access to thescience complex beyond and a glimpse into thelaboratories within. The passageway is long andwide and lined with glass. "Oxford Street is amajor circulation space," says Jim Collins, Jr.,the principal architect. "It seemed inappropriateto build a building that would wall off that wholelength...
...TALKIN' TO YOU, NIGGER," A voice hisses as the visitor walks through the gloomy passageway. "Faggot," taunts another. With every step comes a whispered insult, a mean murmur: "Loudmouthed kike! Lousy gook! Dumb Polack! Camel jockey! Red-neck bastard! Sexist pig! Goddam beaner! Get whitey!" A wolf whistle rings out and a leering voice calls, "Hey, baby." And with every message of hate, the feeling of alarm grows. "What you gonna do about...
...Being on the receiving end of anal intercourse carries the greatest risk, for heterosexuals as well as gays. Blood vessels in tissues lining the anus and rectum are easy to rupture, and that gives HIV a direct passageway to the bloodstream. The majority of sexually transmitted cases (as opposed to those from shared needles or transfusions) probably result from anal intercourse. Vaginal intercourse is less risky; oral sex has the least risk...
This weirdness does not have to be explained to anyone who has ever stood and listened to the "drip-drip-drip" that rains eternally down in the passageway between Widener and Gov. Docs. Where does all that water come from? And where is it going? Is any of it getting on the books...