Word: wraps
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...summer work was part of a long term program the University is engaged in to remove asbestos insulation or wrap it in a permanent lining, officials said. The University did this work in several dining halls this summer and will continue the work during breaks and future summers, Diberardinis said
...guess is that we'll wrap it up quickly," Powers said, adding, "I don't see any insurmountable obstacles." He noted, however, that the complexity of renegotiating medical coverage could delay a new contract...
...advantages are considerable. The 1.1 million-sq.-ft. colossus is not, to be sure, the kind of building to wrap your heart around. The surfeit of white Vermont marble is a bit intimidating. Yet the building fits politely between the clumsily classical Everett Dirksen Senate Office Building and the Federal and Queen Anne-style Sewall-Belmont House and garden, headquarters of the venerable National Woman's Party. The Hart Building's classically well-ordered, box-construction windows, reminiscent of Le Corbusier's famous brise-soleils, or sun screens, harmonize with the forest of Roman columns that flourishes...
...even a joy, both to use and to behold. Fashion does not have to be practical or, heaven knows, economical. Fashion design is all artistic flair. It is all ephemeral. It is all styling. A dress designer is not primarily concerned with the function of clothing. He tries to wrap you in something that is the "real" you. His enemy is not malfunction but boredom...
...down and through and through./ We argued and we barg-ued!/ We decided what to do." The jingling verse of Hunches in Bunches (Random House; $5.95) could come only from the prescription pad of Dr. Seuss (a.k.a. Theodor Geisel). At 78, Geisel retains his unique ability to wrap a concept in clothing. This time he portrays hunches, tempting the indecisive protagonist away from his homework. The good doctor is an eye-and-ear specialist; his infectious rhymes are meant to be read aloud...