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The more the hallway wound around, the more freaked out I became, so when I finally found an open door to a room with a little, old man behind a counter, I nearly threw myself across the green arborite with joy at there being a non-threatening person before me.
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The more the hallway wound around, the more freaked out I became, so when I finally found an open door to a room with a little, old man behind a counter, I nearly threw myself across the green arborite with joy at there being a non-threatening person before me.
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Personal Computer Stars drinking glasses wrapped in tissue paper burnt arborite dial telephones
Microserfs Coupland, Douglas 1995
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We then nipped into local hot spots to sample green chilli cheeseburgers and pulled barbecued pork over polenta, finishing up at a true 1950s ice cream parlour complete with arborite tables and pink plastic stools.
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The headboard had arborite shelves on the sides; they were plastered with fake gold - leaf fleurs de lis.
Pioneers of Alienation and 50s Sci-Fi at Thing Street Asylum 8
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Johnny frequented the Greek restaurants, which reminded him of the Greek restaurants on the in Hogtown, identical in respect to their arborite tables, plastic and chrome chairs, hanging plants.
Pioneers of Alienation and 50s Sci-Fi at Thing Street Asylum 8
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He spread margarine on it at the red arborite kitchen-table, wondering if there was such a thing as white Russian bread.
Pioneers of Alienation and 50s Sci-Fi at Thing Street Asylum 8
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The headboard with two arborite shelves on either end, plastered with fake gold-leaf fleurs de lis ....
Pioneers of Alienation and 50s Sci-Fi at Thing Street Asylum 8
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The Department was a great open factory, with arborite desks arranged under rectangles of hydro-electric tubing, so without shadow or relief that one could stand at the window at one end of the building, and turn and sight along a row of desks, through the file-room and out the window at the other end, into the window of the next building, along an identical line of desks, etc.
Pioneers of Alienation and 50s Sci-Fi at Thing Street Asylum 8
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The cutlery was stored in gray styrene buckets under yellow arborite, which white - haired waitresses in pale green uniforms periodically wiped, with damp rags smelling of bleach and burnt skin.
Pioneers of Alienation and 50s Sci-Fi at Thing Street Asylum 8
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