Word: pilings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pile by the winding staircase, my devotee host
...goal judge confirmed that. But Albert never checked with him. After raising his arm to signal that the puck had gone in the net, Albert--caught back at center ice on the shot--got caught up in a flurry of events. B.C. players snowballed into a large pile in the Crimson zone...
...that precarious balancing act could collapse if the trade deficit continues to pile up at its present pace. Unless the decline of the dollar slashes the deficit soon, the Reagan Administration's measured trade initiative could be swept away by the more vociferous forces of outright protectionism...
...bought carpet from a tony department store was pleased that the two installers were so friendly and efficient, but puzzled about why they left "like two robbers in a getaway car." Later she discovered the reason: they had used her bathroom as a Dumpster for a three-foot pile of carpet clippings and packing material...
Artful equivocations are even worse; lynx-eyed sly little rascals that we are, we see right through them. (Up to exam 40. Then our lynx eyes droop, and grading habits relax. Try to get on the bottom of the pile.) Again, it is not that A.E.'s are vicious or ludicrous as such; but in quantity they become sheer madness. Or induce it. "The 20th century has never recovered from the effects of Marx and Freud" (V.G.); "but whether this is a good thing or a bad thing is difficult to say." (A.E.) Now one such might be droll enough...