Word: rooms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...boys are crooning a gassed-up country song about "dee-troit barbeque ribs." From out of the audience, two more tuxedoed guys spin around and race to the stage, doo-wopping and snapping to the tune. Others follow, tripping down the fire escape in the back of the room or popping up from behind the piano. The act has started and won't be over until the Kroks have knocked off a few 1950s tunes, a handful of ballads and scads of Jazz standards. The crowd gradually quiets down, probably somewhere in the middle of the old Scottish air "Loch...
...ends and the Ryder Cup spectators make their way to the dining room charmed by the young men of Harvard, a buzz that might last another 18 holes. After the semi-formal crowd has gone, the Kroks return to the Upstairs Bar to kill some time before their next show. With the mutual fund managers gone, the room has returned to its rightful owners. An abandoned martini sits on the fireplace mantle, the olive within more closely resembling a preserved biology specimen than a cocktail. A fire blazes beneath the mantle; the air conditioner whirs in the corner. The charmed...
...current room will become the volunteer office. And the floor above, will soon be a bustling center of campaign activity...
Walking down the wood-paneled hallway, Grodd gestures to spacious rooms branching off. The press room will be over there, the staff offices will be here. When the Bradley campaign moves its headquarters from Concord, N.H., this place will be filled with more than 100 staffers...
They entered the current one-room campaign office to find about 40 volunteers. The goal was for each volunteer to knock on 100 doors by the end of the day, if not winning votes, at least establishing contacts with potential Democratic voters...