Word: woodworking
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...shock to realize that the Republican woodwork does not house mousy moderates like myself, but is infested with concealed conservative addicts. Mr. President, could you find room for another volunteer...
...hardly an object in Russia, from the worn, chipped steps of Moscow's newest department store to the tasseled Victorian lampshades in an Aeroflot jet, that looks as if it had never really been new. Walls and floors often bulge as if there were gophers in the woodwork; many new buildings are girdled with safety nets to protect passers-by from cascading bricks and plaster. From its pockmarked paneling, cracking plaster and flaking paint, Moscow's eight-year-old Ukraine Hotel looks almost as if it had been built for Mosfilm's movie of War and Peace...
...gentlemen of the Department of Buildings and Grounds. While students attempt to make up back work, write papers, work out problem sets and read, Buildings and Grounds sticks to its year-round schedule. B & G's men remain busy at their usual tasks; painting students' rooms, varnishing woodwork in students' rooms, removing wallpaper in students' rooms, and cutting lawns outside students' rooms (during the spring). Perhaps the powers that be in Buildings and Grounds could find a better time for their work, like just before junior generals. Certainly they should take some steps to accommodate students in these troubled times...
...inclined last week toward continued cooperation with the regime of President Ngo Dinh Diem. "I am confident the answers will be found by the Vietnamese government and our aid will continue to be effective," said Secretary of State Dean Rusk, adding that he saw "no evil people in the woodwork...
...Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara and General Maxwell D. Taylor, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, both of whom visited Viet Nam only last year. Though officially they are only to report on "the military situation," McNamara and Taylor will be sure to take a look at the woodwork...