Word: uppers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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LAST Wednesday afternoon a woman was raped in an office on one of the upper floors of the Science Center. According to Harvard police, the assailant had access to the deserted upper floors and enough time to hold his victim hostage without anyone catching...
According to fire department reports, the fire began in the basement of the six-unit apartment building at 130 Pine Street, then spread to the upper floors. Officials said the cause is under investigation...
...name reveals, and its proliferation can be explained by the commercialization of fads. It's part and parcel of the slumming trend, which as we know is the desire for the way-too-comfortable to look like they have street sense. The problem is that by the time the upper middle class has caught on to a look (or attitude), it's already been abandoned by its place of origin. If I know about it, it must be passe...
...still limps. Despite plastic surgery, her nose is crushed and her upper lip is permanently split. But when she testified last week in a Manhattan courtroom against her former live-in lover, who is accused of beating to death their illegally adopted six-year-old daughter, Hedda Nussbaum spoke in a firm, clear voice. What emerged was a bizarre tale of violence, drug abuse, isolation and mind control inflicted by disbarred lawyer Joel Steinberg. Asked why she never escaped from Steinberg's thrall, Nussbaum had a simple reply: "I worshiped...
...issue a transition report), means that "on a variety of problems the ground which we can till for new ideas is a pretty narrow strip." Whatever solid nuggets there are in the reports are almost impossible to locate in the hustle and bustle of the transition. Experienced mid-to-upper-level job hunters in Washington have long since learned that their prospects improve once a new Administration has had a chance to settle in; perhaps idea purveyors should take the lesson to heart. As a senior Bush adviser puts it, "There's just no point in pitching us on high...