Word: damping
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...preferred by the American composer Leonard Bernstein, "possessed by the gods." I knew Slava through my father, Lynn Harrell, who belongs to a generation of cellists that inherited an instrument Rostropovich had changed forever. My memory of our meetings is of Slava's effusive affection: from bear hugs to damp kisses on both cheeks. Everyone he met - hotel workers, the Emperor of Japan, even the Pope - left with wet cheeks. Both with and without his instrument, it seemed, it was his goal to touch as many people as possible...
...warehouses to store the city's burgeoning trading wealth. Work on the docks spawned whole new riverside communities in areas such as Silvertown, which flourished for 150 years before fading with the advent in the '70s of container ships too big even for the Thames. But Ackroyd is no damp-eyed nostalgist. In the redevelopment of the Docklands area, where a towering new financial district has grown up and where the old warehouses are now swanky lofts, he sees continuity and a return to the "ancient exuberance and energy" of the Thames...
...plagued the capital all summer. "This had to be the crappiest summer in the history of weather," spat Lionel Martin, a 33 year old salesman taking the last drag of a cigarette before darting into the Metro to escape the chilly drizzle. "Look at this - more clouds, more damp, more cold, just like it's been since June. Talk about an été pourri...
...rugged island has the climate of the Pacific Northwest, but without the flannel charm: freezing cold in the winter and damp in the summer, it is more suitable for salmon than people. Yet, today, flights to Sakhalin book up weeks in advance. Prices in the capital city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk are outlandishly high - $18 for a whiskey - and visitors (who usually come voluntarily now, unlike in Chekhov's time) have their pick of nightspots every bit as over-the-top as those found in Moscow...
...weather has not been so great for the opening of the fall 2007 haute couture collections. Where usually it is stifling hot, this week so far has been damp and cold - a problem for the houses of Chanel and Dior both of which chose to show in splendid semi-outdoor locations, the latter at the Orangerie of Versailles...