Word: pile
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Most Congressmen and Senators were back in their home districts last week, seeking new zest along the campaign trail after one of the most hectic congressional closings in modern times. Now it was up to President Carter and his aides to try to make sense out of the incredible pile of 189 bills-including a tax cut and an energy program-that the lawmakers had sent to the White House. Among the other significant legislative deaths and births during the last hours of the session...
Late last night the most recent attempt at such infantile humor--"What Is Not to Be Done"--was found in a dumpster behind the Hong Kong Chinese restaurant under a pile of chicken wings. The following is exerpted from that publication's not the lecture column...
With the ball on the Dartmouth 21, Granger went off right guard for 11 yards and fumbled at the ten. Luckily, tackle Mike Durgin was there to wrestle the ball away in the pile-up, and the drive still breathed...
...debate drones on as Rosovsky slumps in his chair huddled around his pipe. CHUL members sift through a huge pile of reports, subcommittee recommendations, and position papers. As the time limit approaches, Rosovsky quickens the pace. The meeting ends; no one mentions the new Student Assembly. A lot has been decided. The house is in order until next month...
Last week, camped temporarily in a modest office at Fort Bragg, his desk flanked by a general's flag and a pile of cardboard boxes stuffed with his personal papers, Sam Walker sounded like a soldier suffering from battle fatigue. "I've thought time and time again: What did I ever do wrong...