Word: barks
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...Rockwell Group's 90 employees (Rockwell calls them "collaborators") are charged with finding unusual materials to build with. And in the casino he had the means to use every crayon in the box. He wove strips of birch bark together for some of the walls, encased turkey feathers and dried corn husks in glass for others. The lobby is delineated by trees made of cedar, old copper joints and beads, and is punctuated by a 55-ft. indoor waterfall. Gamblers try their luck in the glow of Wombi Rock, a mountain made of onyx and alabaster fused onto glass, which...
While Harvard and its law school have often behaved as watchdogs for equal rights, in this case, their bark was bigger than their bite...
...seems to be the order of the day in Washington. Not long after Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill spoke of hanging wayward CEOs from the highest tree, President Bush announced the formation of a "financial-crimes SWAT team." Unfortunately, the proposals most likely to pass into law have more bark than bite. Here's a look at some solutions that are more than just tough talk...
...devotional shops that make up the old city stands the 226-year-old Vishwanath Temple, commonly known as the Golden Temple for its gilded domes. Because it's Varanasi's holiest shrine, it's not welcoming to non-Hindus, who are considered impure. Armed guards at the periphery bark questions, demanding to know where you're from, and why you want to enter. The body pats, as much an antiterrorism measure as a search for concealed cameras (photographing the temple is a sacrilege), are disconcertingly thorough...
...social hierarchy allows us humans to neatly insert ourselves in the dominant position. But while domesticated pets have had much of the wild bred out of them, they are still, at heart, animals - something your dog or cat is happy to remind you of, with a sharp nip or bark, should you ever forget, and try, say, to dress little Mitzi in a sweater. (If you are the kind of person who makes your dog wear rain boots, I think you should probably reconsider before he gets wind of this lion story...