Word: rug
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Senator Barbara Boxer said she'd force a vote to order public hearings on chargesSenator Bob Packwoodhas sexually harassed numerous women since 1969. Boxer, a feisty California Democrat, took to the Senate floor asserting, "We irrevocably lose the people's respect by sweeping our problems under the committee room rug." But Ethics Committee Chairman Mitch McConnell, who could but hasn't ordered such hearings, shot back "Perhaps everyone needs a cooling-off period." Other Republicans threatened to pursue harassment charges against Democratic SenatorsEdward Kennedyand Tom Daschle unless Boxer relents. Republicans say Boxer has been hypocritical on the hearings issue...
...years ago, he often vexed referees, teammates and management while living the N.B.A. life to the fullest. But in 1992 he made his first hajj to Mecca, renewed his faith in Islam and added the H to his first name. Since then he has carried a prayer rug and a compass with him wherever he goes, and he has been at peace with the Rockets, opponents and, most important, himself. "You try your best to please Him," Olajuwon has said of his religion. "So you be the best personality you can. When you meet people, you're polite...
...eyed, I hefted my Sunday Times and Globe (promptly delivered by The Harvard Crimson to my door each and every morning for an unbelievably low price) and staggered into the common room, only to notice that something was amiss...a neat pile of Tommy's pizza boxes...an unvacuumed rug...a naked girl...our nice collection of textbooks still in their original cellophane wrappings. Wait a minute, what was that?!?! There, sleeping on the futon, was a girl wearing nothing but my plaid shirt. I crept around the futon, tilting my head to the side to recognize her as...someone...
...halogen floor-lamp blew up, setting a rug and several electrical wires on fire around 7:30 p.m. last night at Kirkland House...
...fire occurred near a computer, and wires leading from the machine were ignited by sparks from the exploding lamp. The wires then burned through the rug and to the floor...