Word: damping
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...students still working in the Science Center’s basement computer labs over winter break had a damp surprise just after Christmas, as a burst pipe showered water on them and the lab’s computers...
...overpriced bed-and-breakfasts, are finding the idea of sleeping in a historical monument attractive indeed. "People are tired of country hotels. They want a bit more personality," says Roger Masterson, proprietor of accommodation agency Celtic Castles. Eager to oblige them, castle owners throughout Britain and Ireland have been damp-proofing dungeons and touching up turrets, knowing that history sells - along with billable extras such as spa treatments, banquets and hunting lessons. Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric...
It’s three o’clock on a damp Friday afternoon, and Menendez is urging Ros to change from her green T-strap shoes to her pink galoshes before the two venture out into the rain. Dressed down in maroon Juicy sweatpants, a cable-knit sweater and a puffy black jacket, Menendez seems unfazed by the downpour. “Umbrellas are for slackers,” she says...
...Eager to oblige them, castle owners throughout the U.K. and Ireland have been damp-proofing dungeons and touching up turrets, knowing that history sells?along with billable extras such as spa treatments, banquets and hunting lessons. And it's not just pop stars and other celebrities who can afford to swap blue jeans for the blue-blood life. If you and 11 friends can split the minimum $4,565 charge (about $380 each), then the Irish castle of Lismore, tel: (353-58) 54424, is yours for the night. It comes with a butler, a banqueting hall seating 75, a games...
...Gogh's murder was such an affront to free speech that Cohen, the Amsterdam mayor who was once the butt of his anti-Semitic jokes, asked demonstrators to gather in Dam Square and make noise. Twenty thousand people came, screaming and banging pots, pans and drums in the damp autumn night. A progressive society isn't about to go down quietly...