Word: thickness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...been an eyesore and health menace because of its exposed electrical wiring, plugged storm drains, filthy toilets and tainted food. By sunset, the last tent was down, and the remaining 750 residents had been taken away by bus. Left behind were a dozen Spanish names spray-painted on the thick concrete highway supports...
...which is now surrounded by 11-ft. chain-link fences topped by 2-ft. coils of razor-sharp barbed wire, they were told that each would soon receive winter clothing from the Red Cross: a quilted jacket, leather shoes with crepe soles, two plaid flannel shirts, two pairs of thick jeans, gloves and a brightly colored stocking cap. They also found the authorities determined to maintain tight discipline with the help of 1,000 Army guards and 350 civilian officers, most of them from the U.S. Park Police. "El Bulevar," the black market where Cubans gambled and traded clothes...
...think that the season is over already. South House and Kirkland will be in the thick of things. Sure, the defending champions lost some kev players, including almost the entire backfield, but they gained some former varsity talent with the addition of linemen Andy Golub and John Rockwood. The Joe Auteri-to-John Cheney touchdown connection, which pulled out two games for SoHo in the final minute last year, is back and throwing...
Last week, as Berkeley neared its deadline, the university proposed a compromise limiting access to any documents forwarded to Labor and guaranteeing their return. Otherwise the school is pre pared to sue to keep its funds flowing. In the thick of the bureaucratic battle, Berkeley Chancellor Ira Michael Heyman told TIME: "It's very hard for a single campus to confront the whole federal system. I'd like to see the issue of disclosure of such confidential documents addressed by large research universities, which unite and use their power against the Federal Government...
...while making a Robert Altman film about the old gob, set for release in December. Not only did the actor have to master a vocabulary of malapropisms far more complex than the nano-nanos of Mork from Ork. He had to cavort under the fierce Malta sun, wearing thick rubber arm pads to simulate the cartoon sailor's anvil forearms. He had to squint perpetually out of his left eye, speak in what he describes as a Liquid Wrench voice and consume untold quantities of canned spinach. Shelley Duvall's role as Olive Oyl was not much easier...