Word: shaft
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...massive construction effort in WeldHall--which won't be completed until thiswinter--will add an elevator shaft, making theentire dorm handicapped-accessible. Crews willalso refurbish Weld's interiors and exteriors, addnew heating and electrical systems, replace thewindows and strip most linoleum from the hardwoodfloors, Lichten said...
...future (to use Gore-esque imagery) remains as dark as a mine shaft, humankind has at least begun to notice the alarming accumulation of dead canaries about its feet. In part because of his son's accident -- and perhaps in part because of George Bush's overwhelming popularity in the polls after Desert Storm -- Al Gore decided to sit out the 1992 campaign. Instead of Gore for President, the public has his book, which is itself an act of leadership...
...traditional oar, the blade is symmeterical around the shaft. Concept II has shifted the blade so that three quarters of the surface area is now below the shaft. The blade is angled up, so that the top and bottom edges are parallel to the water surface, and the shape has been changed from a rectangle to more of a square...
Although they could not identify the odors, thefire fighters secured the heat ventilation and airconditioning shafts and the elevator shaft toprevent any fumes from circulating, officialssaid...
...that is the correct spelling. Sweetback, for short, is the mother of all blaxploitation movies. Everyone from Shaft to Superfly (and maybe even Ice-T) owes their style to Van Peebles' rendition of Sweetback...