Word: thick
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...million workplaces, OSHA got off to an unwieldy start by immediately promulgating as law almost all safety regulations then on the books at federal agencies and organizations like the National Fire Protection Association. The result: an encyclopedic collection of do's and don'ts, 7 ft. thick if stacked together and packed with dizzying minutiae. Six pages of regulations deal with wooden ladders. Sample: "Knots, if tight and sound and less than one half inch in diameter, are permitted ... provided they are not more frequent than 1 to any 3 feet of ladder length...
...thick sweetness about to make you sick...
...pleased with the progress these kids have made," Park said. "It's frustrating to lose, but there is no shortcut except experience. We just need to win a couple of games in a row. In another year, we'll be right back in the thick of things...
...explains as well as could be explained how a group of people could, out of motives that were to them of the noblest quality, do things that were sometimes good and often bad. It also explains why it took four generations for the deeper questions to sink through the thick layers of pride and business and charity...
Uncluttered Coif. The authentic Hamill is a short cut with a thick thatch of bangs that flops over the brow, meets the cheekbones and brushes the top of the ears. In the back, the hair is shaped into a sharp, neat triangle. If it looks at all familiar, hairdressers say, it is because the basic style has been around for several years. It was not until Hamill's Olympian efforts, however, that the wedge gained the edge as one of the headiest coiffures in town...