Word: baring
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Sessions at the center are held in a bare attic room over which a lone golden statue of Buddha presides from a central wooden altar. Incense fills the room with its soporific scent. Followers meditate by sitting cross-legged in silence facing the wall. Posture is paramount: practitioners must keep a straight spine and their heads balanced lightly on the shoulders while also leaning slightly forward. Legs are crossed; with practice the knees will touch the floor...
...everyone's taste, the extended experience is a rare chance to peek into the traditional Korean lifestyle. The regime is rigorous. Guests must maintain total silence and cut all communication with the outside world. Only the traditional monastery attire of gray pants and jacket is allowed, and beds are bare futon mats on the floor. Food is plain, vegetarian and served with elaborate ceremony at formal meals. A typical evening dinner comprises rice, soup and a few vegetable dishes. Everything that's served has to be eaten. Retreats cost $175 a week, $585 a month...
...Some 37 million thongs were sold in the U.S. in 1999, giving the business a 20% boost in revenues over those of 1998, according to the marketing information group NPD. Karyn Monget, lingerie editor at Women's Wear Daily, predicts that come sandal season, as more women opt for bare legs, the control thong will take over right where control pantyhose left...
...back in business. Our cats play Sylvester with the bluebirds. Deer, exhausted by deep snow and winter, have taken to using the plowed driveway as a thoroughfare: Yesterday I saw 20 of them file leisurely down the drive from the field, where they browse, morning and evening, on what bare patches they can find. A church social of wild turkeys congregates in the field as well - absorbed, nonchalant and pretty sure, after this winter, that they will live forever...
...bare minimum, more people will be satisfied with their assignment...