Word: woodwork
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...device was hidden inside a length of chair-rail molding ingeniously milled and painted to blend into the aging woodwork of a conference room used by the oceans and environment bureau. "This is really a sort of James Bond scenario," marvels a top official. "This is not something you go in and slap under the table and walk out the door. It's extremely professional in nature and sufficiently concealed so that you or I wouldn't find it in a hundred years...
...millennium. While the optimists claim that Radcliffe's conversion into an institute for advanced study will allow the former college to expand its presence within the University community, the naysayers believe that Radcliffe--and its role as a strong advocate for women on campus--will fade quietly into the woodwork...
...Marriott worry about storm insurance, hurricanes and repainting the woodwork every year," says John D. Strong, 63, of Decatur, Ill., who has 14 weeks at four properties in Hilton Head, S.C., where beachfront property was too expensive for him to buy outright. Strong and his peers are also getting variety through bartering. For a fee of about $120 a year, companies like Resort Condominiums International and Interval International will broker an exchange, letting time-share owners in, say, Florida, the most popular destination, journey off to Colorado or Europe...
...campaign winds down, the head-hunters come out of the woodwork," says Brode, who now serves as director of individual giving at MIT's Whitehead Institute. Brode herself cites personal reasons for leaving what she calls a "wonderful experience" at Radcliffe...
...outsiders, it may seem premature, but for council insiders and observers, it comes as no surprise that candidates are coming out of the woodwork...