Word: tiling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Double duty for teachers and administrators is one way of making do. At Eisenhower Junior High in Darien, Illinois -- which is going through its sixth year of shrinking budgets -- the principal, Joseph Pedersen, has been known to cut the grass and replace the tile floor in the gym. He also covers one of the three cafeteria periods every day and does occasional service as a substitute teacher. On weekends he writes grant proposals, attempting to get state and private funds for programs he cannot otherwise afford. For good measure, he coaches the wrestling team from mid-November through...
...During the renovation project for the parking and traffic department, we discovered some more asbestos floor tile," said the memorandum from John D. Holleran, Harvard Real Estate building superintendent...
...ordinary Wednesday night in the Lehman Hall dining room, and students in the early-evening ballroom dance class--to be followed by a swing class--are dancing tentative steps on the crowded black and white tile floor...
Within minutes I was on my feet with my towel in one hand and soap in the other, standing at attention on the harshly cold tile floor. After several minutes of being told how pathetic we were, my platoon was hustled into the shower. We held our towels outstretched in one hand and walked under the screaming nozzles in formation, your typical 15-second military shower...
...place is far too bright for any self-respecting late-night dive. The friendly blinks of the video games--still there, thank goodness--get lost in the incandescent glare of the firefly lamps. Mirrors on the wall? Swiveling stools? Fake-wood tile? Cleanliness? Tommy's is supposed to be grimy, not cheesy...