Word: woodwork
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There’s a downside, too. Sometimes I want to disappear into the woodwork for a while, or stay in bed instead of manning a keg at a Mather Happy Hour. There’s something to be said for keeping a low profile. That way, you can avoid being tracked down by the Alumni Association for donations after college. Think of Henry David Thoreau and the joys of solitude at Walden Pond...
Confidentiality rules forbid Lindemann from confirming whether Leong is still a patient there, but Twohig thinks it is unlikely. “He was probably let out a month or two later and disappeared into the woodwork...
...they have been thrilling. Neither Lawrence nor the Massachusetts weddings are made any less important by the fact that they were long overdue, that the rights they defended are so clearly universal. But in between these two late-coming landmarks, America’s bigots came out of the woodwork. As the newspapers and airwaves filled up with the hate speech of those who believe adults should be legally prevented from wedding those they love simply because they love people of the same sex, one lesson remained clear: the courts should be commended for affirming the rights of all citizens...
...able, by use of hand and power tools, to make repairs or replacements of all woodwork on board ship. Know the characteristics of wood used in ship construction, installation and equipment; know the approved uses of all such woods, how to join them and finish them for the jobs in which they are used, and know all the Navy regulations with regard to ship ventilation, painting, damage control, watertight integrity, drainage systems, and the laying and care of linoleum. Understand the work of drydocking, the shoring required preparatory to drydocking and the principles of preservation of wood and wood surfaces...
...angry Aristide supporters demonstrated in front of the U.S. and French embassies last Friday. As Marines on foot and in humvees entered the capital's devastated neighborhood of La Saline, navigating the still smoking street barricades and bloodstained market stalls, the chimeres seemed to have slithered back into the woodwork. "Not one ounce of resistance," said a relieved Marine corporal who had just arrived from Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. "Not like what I'd been seeing on TV." But many Haitians who remember the 1994 invasion seemed dubious of America's resolve. "They won't stay long," predicted secretary...