Word: claddings
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...With it go the black-clad servers of coffee and sass. I’m not a masochist, but there’s a charm in culling an eye-roll or heaving sigh from a barista disappointed at how I stumble for a half-second before rattling off an order. The joint’s attitude is nicely summed up by its counter-top sign, which depicts an all-too-cheery blonde chatting it up on a mobile phone. The following words are written alongside: “Hey! Cell phone-face! You’re out of line...
...afternoon as he strolled around Beijing's funky 798 district, a series of crumbling redbrick factories that house the Chinese capital's largest concentration of art galleries. Appearing at an opening for the painter Yang Shaobin, the 44-year-old millionaire businessman stands out from the crowd of black-clad, ponytailed dealers, critics and artists, more John Travolta than Jasper Johns. His black hair is permed into loose curls that flounce slightly as he walks, his torso covered by a tight, long-sleeved silk shirt decorated with swirling white, brown and black shapes, a large medallion bearing a golden crown...
...major-college atmosphere and talent level of the Eagles—was blown out in the early minutes. Michigan’s Crisler Arena seats 13,700 fans, a far cry from the 2,200 of Lavietes Pavilion, and is a good bet to be chock full of maize-clad Michigan students.Harvard can try to neutralize that psychological edge, as Cusworth mentioned, by gaining confidence from Vermont’s stunning 14-point upset of No. 14 Boston College in Chestnut Hill on Monday. That same Catamounts squad was beaten by Harvard in last year’s opener.The Crimson...
...Gears” is a violent tactical shooter, with photorealistic graphics and elegant gameplay.But you’d be hard-pressed to deduce any of this from watching the TV spot.The ad opens with a post-apocalyptic scene of wreckage, as a lone armor-clad space marine type runs through desolate streets, pumping rounds into foreboding alien-infested shadows. So far, so good. But as the “camera”—all footage was captured in-game, as Microsoft gleefully points out—pans down on the first shot, the plaintive piano melody of Gary...
What with the crimson and cream-clad crowd, I’d feel right at home...