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Word: roomful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...where most people turn North for cheap booze, the Advent Corporation is going for cheap labor, lower taxes and elbow room. And where most come back from the Granite State the same day, Advent is setting down permanent roots...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Heading for the Hills | 2/3/1979 | See Source »

...room is not the place to do experiments and keep chemicals," he said Tuesday, so he told his proctee, Phillip J. Atkinson '82, to remove "all the paraphenalia" from his Massachusetts Hall dormitory and take it to the Science Center...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: You Bombed Your Exam? | 2/3/1979 | See Source »

...nether reaches of British Columbia. A skip tracer is a fellow who tracks down anyone who has skipped out on a debt. He's the smiling guy in the three-piece suit nailing a For Sale sign on your house, repossessing your car, walking out with all your living room furniture. It's all legal--after all these things are no longer yours--but it's a nasty business, and the people who do it for a living are nastier still--picture if you can the Frito Bandito with seven years of EST under his belt...

Author: By Tom Hines, | Title: No Credit | 2/2/1979 | See Source »

Even more remarkable, though, is that Dalen actually gets you to care about Collins. When the brass decide to throw Collins out of his private office because he needs motivation, the line between the victim and the victor gets blurred. Seated there in a bright plastic secretaries room, even Collins can't beat out the system he's been enforcing. As Collins tries to work his way back up to his old status, his coldness takes on a different dimension--it's him against you, and neither party can afford to lose. Dalen manages to pull off this shift without...

Author: By Tom Hines, | Title: No Credit | 2/2/1979 | See Source »

Coburn said "there will be some changes by next fall." He said there is "definitely a possibility" that permanent seats in the building's theater will be removed to make room for dances and banquets...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Pudding May Sublease Building Space | 2/2/1979 | See Source »

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