Word: windowful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Hall of Art. Physically the Hall of Art is a big street-floor and mezzanine store on Manhattan's West 40th Street. Artistically, it is an Ali Baba's cave whose open-sesame is the fact that its canvases, which are plainly visible through the window, have price tags that can be seen from the street. Prices range from...
...window blinked a light...
...Drapery, upholstery fabrics (simulating velvet, plush, mohair), shower curtains, slip covers, window screens...
...dialects were new. And the hospital was filthy. "The floor was stained with blood and pus and medicine, and was so rotten you had to step carefully not to break through. . . . The walls were covered with large red splashes of the saliva of betel-nut chewers. All the window ledges were covered with nasal secreta which the patients blow on their fingers and then carefully wipe off on the nearest projection. . . . That night Marion and I broke down and sobbed in each other's arms...
...constant publicity of our Eagle's West (otherwise known as D-41 McKinock, where you reach out the window and lek a star, or watch the mall plane to New York flying several hundred feet slow you) has caused many curiosity seekers to brave the long climb up four fights--just to look at us. Unfortunately, several casualties have fallen by the way-side, and the bodies are being stacked on the third floor until positive identification can be made...