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...what they put in them. After having to contend with the steroid controversy earlier this year, Major League Baseball is making sure players clean up their acts in other ways. The league has told Blue Jays pitcher Justin Miller, above, that he'll have to cover the tattoos that adorn his arms with long sleeves so as not to distract other players. In the past, similar concerns have led to skirmishes and new rules of sartorial conduct...
...very peaceful,” adds fellow counselor Caroline V. Fletcher ’04. Indeed, the setup is zen and comforting. Three blue couches lined with fat fluffy pillows sit around a coffee table, which is littered with stuffed animals. Serene images of flowers and trickling waterfalls adorn the walls. The floor is carpeted. The heater drones softly...
Mismatched, dilapidated sofas decorate the office—some even with holes in the arms—amidst the cubicles of different sizes and colors, which round out the office. Tacky hand-made campaign posters adorn the walls: “1600 Penn Ave or BUST!” and “Heinz may have ketchup but I relish Hadassah”—a reference to Heinz Co. heiress Theresa Heinz, the wide of Sen. John F. Kerry’s , D-Mass...
...Schermerhorn speaks, Kamont and Winston recline on the secondhand couches that adorn the platoon's common area. They stare at a television hooked up to a portable DVD player that serves up a steady stream of war movies, sci fi, horror and porn. In front of the TV is a coffee table littered with picked-over ready-to-eat meals, Tootsie Rolls and water bottles filled with tobacco juice. Heat comes from three portable radiators. The platoon's house--the hooch, as the G.I.s call it--lies within the perimeter of the Azimiya palace compound, built by Saddam...
...taste that seems to feature clothing best left in the early 90s, sells an array of knits plastered with festive graphics. Among the bounteous array of holiday garb available is the “snowy keyhole sweater,” a confusing mixture of wholesome Christmas-related imagery (snowflakes adorn the front) and typically Victoria’s Secret-style tack (the keyhole neckline) and also the “Christmas tree sweater,” a more classic example of the only-wear-this-once-a-year nature of the holiday sweater purchase. Either way, it?...