Word: decorative
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...sits with arms crossed, wearing a button-down denim shirt and one leg crossed, utterly relaxed except for an occasional foot wiggle. For someone with a cult of personality and a class size that sometimes reaches into four digits, he is eminently unthreatening. His aura is kind. The decor of his office, in contrast, is sparse and blocky, with the only color coming from the endless, neatly arranged books on economics lining the walls. He name drops a lot in a casual, amused manner, as if he’s surprised that everyone from the Obama administration, the Harvard Medical...
Buried in the depths of Robinson Hall, Pastor’s new office is bare. No books sit on the shelves, no pictures hang on the walls. His office decor seems to suggest that he won’t be staying for long, that his worries lie elsewhere...
Noir: For the sophisticated crowd willing to shell out a few more dollars on a pricey martini, Noir is a solid destination. Tucked into the Charles Hotel, Noir’s dark and trendy decor helps patrons forget that they’re in crunchy Cambridge. Ladies, watch out for skeevy suits in town for “business...
...grocery stores, places of worship, and trendy bars. Red brick housing projects hide not far away. Even while standing at the base of a solid and impressive historic landmark, the outsider cannot escape feeling the juxtapositions in his gut. Novelist Price enjoys visiting Schiller's in part for the decor, which was taken from old warehouses. One of his comments captures a modern Lower East Side sensibility: "It's all a stage set," he told the New York Times, "and now it's, like, venerable...
...thing I noticed when I entered the restaurant was the electric trains—you know, little model trains that made adorable choo-choo noises. The whole environment, complete with oval stone bridges, frosted glass dividers, and delicate watercolor paintings, gave a quirky vibe, a mix of Eastern traditional decor and the Western industrial revolution...