Word: rugged
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Scollay Square's bars are not particularly lush--sawdust serves for a rug in a good many--but one can get as completely, unconsciously drunk in them as in the Copley's Merry-go-Round. That is enough of an attraction for their patrons...
When Harriman emplaned a few days later, the Foreign Minister was at hand to say goodbye. The Premier sent a huge bouquet of pink gladioli for Mrs. Harriman. Among the many gifts: an Isfahan rug (for Truman) and an antique rifle (for Harriman) from the Shah...
...lobby, paneled in glass and wood, has a rug with little colored dots woven in. Explained the proprietor: "We've got built-in food and ink spots and cigarette burns; now we don't have to worry." In the dining room, an enormous oak pedestal will be loaded with raw steaks so that each guest can select his own and brand it with a hot iron-"R" for rare, "M" for medium, "W" for well done...
...When Stuart Symington took over as sole boss of the Reconstruction Finance Corp. last month, he announced that RFC affairs would henceforth be conducted in a goldfish bowl. Last week Stu Symington flipped two prize fish clear out of the RFC bowl and left them gasping on the rug...
Goods sold at the auction varies from couches valued at $30 to a pair of shag rugs at 30 cents. One rug placed on sale was so dirty that the first few rows of people were forced to move...