Word: armchair
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...past 50 years have been “lived” on Plympton Street: first as a neophyte bookseller, then as an actual one. My introduction to the shop came in 1956. The shop, with its worn couch, its even more battered armchair, its dark-grained bookshelves, and a table piled high with books, was the perfect fantasy bookshop. Friends, acquaintances, whatever literary light was in town would drop by to visit the shop and to meet the owner Gordon Cairnie. He was purported to have hosted the first painting exhibition of e.e. cummings, to have stocked copies...
...Hong Kong International Airport?has lost none of its flair and continues to appear at, or near, the top of travel polls. First-class passengers can enjoy spacious cabanas and a fine-dining restaurant, The Haven. Business-class passengers are offered "personal living spaces" consisting of a desk, armchair and dataport, along with shower suites and an excellent noodle...
...Hong Kong International Airport - has lost none of its flair and continues to appear at, or near, the top of travel polls. First-class passengers can enjoy spacious cabanas and a fine-dining restaurant, The Haven. Business-class passengers are offered "personal living spaces" consisting of a desk, armchair and dataport, along with shower suites and an excellent noodle bar. NEW YORK: British Airways has gone for a laid-back and unpretentious feel at its sprawling Terraces lounge in J.F.K. airport. There are loungers, umbrellas and giant potted plants. Complimentary treatments - including facials and massages - for first-class and Club...
...first encounter at his office at the Prime Minister's headquarters of Palazzo Chigi, Berlusconi gestured to an elegant armchair for the reporter, but realized right away that the long, antique sofa where he and his aide would be sitting needed to be moved first. Rather than wait for one of the many stewards to do the heavy lifting, Berlusconi, with a technique that would impress Governor Schwarzenegger, bent down himself to move one, and then the other, side of the bulky sofa himself...
...armchair speculators bored with Wall Street and willing to take calculated risks, a raft of spicy investment alternatives has emerged. You no longer need millions to bank on Picassos or ride the fortunes of a good Bordeaux...