Word: window
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...think it will, there will be nothing like it," Trump said as he took a reporter on a tour of the possibilities about a year ago. The sun streamed in on a scene of chaos. The walls were bare plasterboard. Plaster dust powdered the new bronze window frames. Wires dangling from the ceiling barely hinted at the chandeliers that Trump envisioned. But Trump sounded rapturous about the workmanship on a newly installed door. He gently shut it and opened it again. "Look how it fits," he said...
...door at Karens Restaurant when Bush arrived to rent a couple of videos, leading a 15-car motorcade of security and media people. "For a moment I thought my place was on fire," Ward recalls. "It reminded me of the Monty Python movie where the kid opens the bedroom window and sees a lawn full . of people. It's ridiculous for the press to follow Bush around to see what he buys. Renting Broadcast News is not a national policy decision...
...Glynnis' | friend, Ian had offered what comfort he could and a check. But Glynnis will not believe this story. Through a long, tense evening, the McCulloughs drink and argue. Suddenly Glynnis is brandishing a knife, there is blood on the floor, and Glynnis hurtles backward through a plate-glass window. After 18 days in a coma, she dies. Following the funeral and a police investigation, Ian is charged with second-degree murder...
...midst of this full-fledged identity crisis, I stumbled upon an old- fashioned, comfortable jumble of a stationery store, sort of the office- supply version of the Homesick Restaurant. In the window was a hand- lettered sign promising 20% OFF ON 1989 CALENDARS. My epiphany came as I discovered that the 1989 black vinyl Daily Planner had been marked down to $5.06. Suddenly, just as Gail Sheehy promised, I at last understood my precise position in the Great Chain of Being. As soon as I got back to my office, I eagerly scrawled in my new datebook my sole...
Dirty air? Look outside the window. There stands the most efficient antipollution device ever made: trees. "They absorb carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide and give out oxygen. What could be more desirable? And they look good in the bargain. Stop chopping down the rain forests and plant more saplings...