Word: pilings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...candidate with the most number-ones is seated first. Then, the commissioners take away ballots from this person's pile, picking them at random, until only a "quota" is left to the newly elected councilor's credit...
...wisteria blooms seem lacklustre and inanimate. Even the thick gold pavement on the garden path seems to have lost its sheen. The heads of traitorous peasants bob wearily on poorly-maintained pikes. Entering the main hall, I find the prince sprawled, seemingly in despair, on top of a large pile of wrinkled and soiled currency...
...spring reading period. I haven't slept in at least two days. The pile of laundry in my room has become a health violation. I've left the computer only twice in the past 24 hours--to buy sandwiches and iced tea at Au Bon Pain. My final Expos paper is already overdue and I have another 20-page paper to write as soon as I finish this...
...said the unattributed material was in a pile of notes Tong and helpers quickly pasted together for the speech, which she gave, unrehearsed, at the high school. The review, originally published in May, concerned Allan Bloom's controversial book, "The Closing of the American Mind...
...Ames upset prepared the stage for Robertson's Tuesday press conference announcing the success of his yearlong petition drive. Standing before a pile of what he said was 3.3 million signatures, Robertson declared, "The people are urging me to run." He will, he said. The formal announcement is scheduled for Oct. 1 in New York City...