Word: roof
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Last October the U.S.S. Harlan County, trying to land with a U.N.-sponsored team of military and police advisers, turned back after anti-U.S. mobs demonstrated at the port. This time Barnes, betting things will be different, has rented a room in a "strategically located" brothel with a roof that should command a good view of the first attack. Miami bureau chief Booth spent several days % last week at the army's decrepit general quarters, trying to glean what plans the country's military rulers might be making -- either to avoid an invasion by finally stepping down...
...move consolidates those three offices under the same roof for the first time. The Director's Office was formerly located at 399 Harvard Street--underneath the rotunda at the Freshman Union-- while Purchasing and Retail Operations was squeezed into offices at 25 Mt. Auburn Street...
...would generate. The singers accepted a flat fee from Decca, with no royalties. Economically, it was a disastrous decision. Music-industry sources have it that Pavarotti, who records exclusively for Decca, used his clout to sweeten his deal once it was clear that the album was going through the roof. When word leaked to the others, Domingo, who free-lances primarily with Sony and BMG, was said to be especially peeved...
Scott Levitan, assistant vice president for construction and planning at HRE, says stopping the roof leaks is a major priority in the renovations...
...attempting to solve some of the most annoying problems--one, the smelly, mildewy bathrooms, two, the roof that leaks," Knuff says. "Some problems will remain because they're too expensive to solve at this time...