Word: carpets
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...drink Coronas (and wear them too). We have elite palace guards (Currier Bells Desk), red carpet (coincidence?), and a bell tower. We have chauffeurs, singles, and crimsonfood.com. We also get sympathy. But who knows...
...there are real alternatives, too, not the least of would be more efforts at conservation. The only reason to resolve the ANWR debate in a budget resolution was to avoid an inevitable filibuster. But ANWR is exactly the type of issue that should not be swept under the carpet. That the Senate would abandon ANWR for, in terms of the time horizon involved, a smidgin of oil is disappointing. That the Senate would do so without admitting that such a move is worthy of a full Senate debate and is opposed by most Americans is disturbing...
Traditionally, canister-style vacuum cleaners have been, well, a drag. But the Airider is designed to push itself 1/8 in. off the floor. You'll barely notice it floating behind you while you're sucking cat hair out of your carpet. $399; May; airider.co.uk...
...into brutal, malevolent history becomes, in this telling, an exploration of personality. Here we have Victor Abakumov, Stalin's head of secret police: "Abakumov ... was another colorful, swaggering torturer, amoral condottiere and 'zoological careerist' who possessed all Beria's sadism but less of his intelligence. Abakumov unrolled a bloodstained carpet on his office floor before embarking on the torture of his victims in order not to stain his expensive Persian rugs...
...adherent to Vatican instruction. One reason: in a region where the first question you're asked when you meet someone is often "What church do you attend?," Rider is in constant contact with Evangelicals and other Protestants who are still mystified by Catholics and frequently "call us onto the carpet to explain what we believe. It has helped take me back to the basics of my faith." Says the Rev. Jay Scott Newman, pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church, less than two hours south in Greenville, S.C.: "Here you're not Catholic because your parents came from Italy...