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...Guard has a ruggedly masculine decor. Large black-and-white action photos of the Minnesota Vikings adorn the walls. Near the bar is a football souvenir shop called the Pro Central, and the young, long-haired and busty bar girls wear football jerseys with their names printed across the front. Because the football stadium and hockey arena are only a mile away, Viking and Minnesota North Star heroes often drop in after games. When they do, heads turn and female bodies surge forward. "Our theme is built around violence," says Manager Larry Thiel. "Women seem captivated by the manliness...
...ordinary filling-station look of a dentist's office is obscene, repulsive," says Frankel. "I hate it. Why can't dental offices be beautiful?" Indeed, Frankel and Winograde are so convinced of the importance of aesthetic surroundings that they sank about $50,000 into decor alone, compared with about $1,500 spent on furnishing a typical dentist's office. The Beverly Hills dentists have also catered to the other senses; in addition to the soft carpets and music, they offer nervous patients sherry and cognac. More effective anesthetics are also available: a sign at the reception desk...
...roughly $38), he serves what must surely be the world's most expensive cup of coffee. Funakoshi readily concedes that it is not so much the quality of his coffee (a home-blended brew of charcoal-roasted grains freshly ground for each customer) or the decor of his establishment (a narrow, dark wooden hut decorated in rustic Mingei style), as the defiantly exorbitant prices that attract hordes of tourists to his coffee shop...
...decor is the most attractive thing. While waiting for your order, wander around and look at the bizarre stained glass windows of Bobby Orr, Germaine Greer and other public heros. The tableau "How Spaghetti Grows" on the hall leading to the bathroom is worth its own trip to the john...
...50th report of his college class, he wrote that he was "grateful to Harvard beyond measurement." "Of all the privileges granted to me," he added, "I cared most about teaching, especially on my return from World War II, to find Radcliffe in the front row of Harvard Hall, bringing decor and color, taking notes and outlines from the board, and flattering the professor by close attention...