Word: rug
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...measures at Dudley have not transformed it into a house. The complaints range from criticism of the grimy looking walls to condemnation of the entire Center as inadequate. The furniture just inside the front door is a collection of multi-colored leather chairs placed about a large red rug. Before settling down, the commuter must find a place for his coat on an overburdened clothes rack. In the basement, a student is apt to kick his locker rather than struggle with the old lock that opens the way to a minimum of space. Old ping pong tables, a billiard room...
...time for a trial spin on her broomstick to get in shape for Halloween. Skirting Lowell House, a chance breeze blew her into an open window. As she recovered her balance, a distraught young man leaped to his feet, hastily brushing la little pile of dirt under the rug with his hand...
...Excuse me, Madame," he blurted with a polite little bow, "you look just like the maid we had last year, and I thought maybe well, they have endowments for ice-cream and other things, I though that just maybe." He broke down again, and went back to brushing the rug with his hand. Here and there a tear splattered the mock-Persian design...
...specific dependence is established. Premier Mendès-France has placed his political future at the mercy of the Communists, who can destroy him at any time by resuming hostilities in Indo-China. If he makes an effort to get EDC ratified, the Red high command can pull the rug out from under...
...satellite, were waiting for it. Northern Russia was cloudy, but the weather improved in the south, and stations in the Caucasus had excellent observing. In Iran a U.S. expedition was clouded over, but Father Francis J. Heyden of Georgetown University made up for it partially by winning a $400 rug from Iranian astronomers. They had bet him that the eclipse would not happen...