Word: pilings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Twenty minutes before the rapping of gavels convened the 85th Congress, a massive, bull-shouldered man entered the empty Senate chamber and moved with long strides to his desk in the front row, right side. For a few moments he sat alone among the curving rows, rustling through the pile of documents he had brought with him. Then one by one, two by two, his colleagues began drifting in through the swinging doors. The man leaped to his feet, began greeting each and every one with booming-voiced gladness, in the manner of one who truly loves his club...
...Greenwich Villager who spots a discarded sewing machine, old drainpipe, truck fender or pile of angle irons these days knows just where to take it; to the cold-water flat of Sculptor-Welder Richard Stankiewicz, 34, who with little more than an acetylene torch, a welder's tools and his own vivid imagination turns junk into sculpture. Says he: "I take material that is already degenerating, flaking and rusting and then try to make something beautiful out of it. It should hit people over the head and make them ask, 'What is beauty...
...worked in nearby Tel Aviv, or had walked across the fields for afternoon visits, knew nothing of the sudden order. As dusk fell, they strolled homeward-quarrymen with knapsacks slung over their shoulders, women in their long, embroidered Arab dresses carrying or leading their children. From behind a pile of rocks outside the village, border police fired, killing 48 men, women and children...
...stack of pamphlets is in three piles. The first pile contains one-sixth of them, the second pile several fifths of them, and the third pile contains six. What is the total number of pamphlets...
...backstop. This move was a lifesaver, for success had made Rossby increasingly individualistic. He was a wonderfully stimulating teacher, an inspiring leader, and he produced ideas at a fantastic rate, but he was also a poor manager. He hardly ever answered mail. Instead, he stacked unopened letters in a pile to ripen. When they were so old that their writers no longer hoped for an answer, he felt it would do no harm to throw them away. He cut classes, was usually stony broke, ignored university budget restrictions. Sometimes he would ring furiously for his secretary when he was already...