Word: seat
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rush around to the side door and dash up the stairs, only to arrive into the distinctive midterm silence of pen on paper. And we apologize--after our minor ordeal, Dartboard had to trample over two poor souls in order to get to the room's one remaining seat. Next time we'll be hours early...
...also offer thanks to my anonymous helper. After hearing my plea, the woman in the seat in front of me offered me a $10 bill, which I needed to take a cab from one interview to the next. When I asked her for her name so that I could repay her, she would not tell me, but insisted that I take the money. This woman made a huge difference in my day--her generosity lifted my spirits and allowed me focus on my interview instead of stressing about how I would get to my next one. I wish I could...
VALPARAISO, Chile: If you're a former dictator who is held responsible for thousands of deaths and disappearances, you ought to be careful what you wish for. Case in point: General Augusto Pinochet, who Wednesday took up the lifetime Senate seat he'd engineered for himself by rewriting the country's constitution -- and immediately got a taste of civilian politics. Opposition legislators taunted him with pictures of some of those murdered or "disappeared" under his regime, and there was a shout of "Assassin!" as he was sworn in. Novel experiences for a man whose opponents risked torture and death...
Darkness, a balcony seat, an aroma of cheap beer and sausage. Suddenly a light illuminates the boxing ring in the center of the floor below...
...jetliner left Atlanta and raced through the night toward Los Angeles. From his window seat, the black man gazed down at the shadowed outlines of the Appalachians, then leaned back against a pillow. In the dimmed cabin light, his dark, impassive face seemed enlivened only by his big, shiny, compelling eyes. Suddenly, the plane shuddered in a pocket of severe turbulence. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. turned a wisp of a smile to his companion and said: "I guess that's Birmingham down below...