Word: billiard
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...From the billiard table, hot tub and steam shower bought for the vice-presidential mansion by Pricewaterhouse-Coopers, Coca-Cola and General Motors to George W.'s mixing of politics, oil and baseball, corporate influence infiltrates candidates' lives in ways so subtle even they may not be fully aware of their culpability. And while politicians might tell you otherwise, companies aren't spending their money for nothing...
...club’s exterior is deceptively small. Inside, the Tavern houses a theater, a billiard room, an outdoor dining area, a big dining area and bedrooms. Enthusiasm, hospitality and the rich tradition of songs, remain undiminished by the overall atmosphere of gloom and darkness. “Incredibly pleasant,” exclaims W. Shaw McDermott ‘71. “I love the place! It is a great place. There is an interesting cross-section of people who love the exchange of ideas...
...terms, the results could be marvellous. The iconic example--The Persistence of Memory, 1929, with its everlastingly famous soft watches--is not in this show, but another and equally beautiful small picture is: Paranoiac-Astral Image, 1934. On a vast and otherwise empty plane of beach flat as a billiard table, four images are dispersed. A fragment of an amphora suggests "deep" time, the Greco-Roman past of the Catalan coast. A distant woman, perhaps the constantly remembered nurse of Dali's childhood, is almost bleached out by the sunlight. In a stranded boat, another woman, probably his muse...
...public and scientists search for a state of mind that eschews panic but retains its focus. The chance of a truly devastating asteroid hitting the Earth is "small but real," says TIME science writer Jeffrey Kluger. "But let's face it," he adds, "it's like a big billiard table out there," with rocks and planets and moons zipping around each other in space. Some folks may never admit that there is any risk, and reject the need for taxpayer-funded research: Even after the widespread success of the summer disaster movies, "Armageddon" (which Jaroff calls "ridiculous...