Word: corduroyed
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...tower), and a massive “bridge” (really an elevated building) between the two. It is complicated in that the surfaces of these elements are treated in all sorts of crazy styles and textures. There is brick in many shades, laid in a variety of corduroy patterns; there is engineered stone (cast concrete), both rough and smooth; there are windows, both protruding and flush. The surface of the “bridge” is striated with a pattern of engineered stone; while subtle and somewhat creative, this hodgepodge of surfaces ultimately makes the building look like...
...royal capital Kandy, home to the Temple of the Tooth, which features a relic said to be Buddha's upper-left incisor. To the north stand a 5th century rock fortress and the splendid ruins of two ancient cities. In the central hill country, green tea plantations stretch like corduroy over the slopes surrounding the resort town of Nuwara Eliya (Above the Clouds). A stay at the Hill Club (011-94-52-226-53; $60) will take you back to British colonial days, with white-gloved waiters serving five-course, Western-style dinners (men, wear jacket...
...Leonard stressed throughout that he was here as someone who appreciates the need for scholastic training, not just smooth style. "Materialistic things are okay; you've got to have it," Leonard said, sweeping one hand across his well-tailored gray, corduroy suit. "But what I value most is what's up here," he added quickly, tapping his forehead...
Bill Bryson doesn't look like a troublemaker. With his corduroy jacket, woolly pullover and roughly trimmed beard, he seems more the mild-mannered, professorial sort than a travel writer famous for his savage wit. This is, after all, the man who dismissed Australia's capital with the epithet "Canberra? Why Wait for Death?" Of Bradford, England, he opined that its sole purpose is "making every place else look better by comparison." And he doesn't hesitate to skewer his fellow Americans. Bryson's first book, a 1989 exploration of small-town U.S.A. called The Lost Continent, included the following...
After the parade, Barrymore--casually dressed in olive-green corduroy pants and a green crocheted sweater and scarf--danced into the theater to the tunes of the Pudding orchestra...