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...customer in the store complimented Packman on its decor, and another customer in the shop said, "if you like her shop you should see her home," Schreiber says...

Author: By Tazeen Ahmad, | Title: In Chemistry Department, Schreiber is an Anomaly | 6/9/1994 | See Source »

...fresh flowers every week," said Mary Fan Kain, the Assistant Director of the Office of Career Services. "It adds to the decor of my house...

Author: By Martin L. Yeung, | Title: Flower Vendor Brings Touch of Spring to Square | 4/8/1994 | See Source »

Claim to fame: I'm in one of the infamous coed rooming groups in Adams House. And we have this viny1 decor in many different colors with body paint on it. We have a velvet Elvis on our mantlepiece with an axe on the wall hanging over his head...

Author: By R.i. Wilson, | Title: Headline: This Accounts for the Axe | 3/10/1994 | See Source »

Shear Madness is a hair salon on Newbury St., not one of those trendy spots where the staff are convinced that they are works of art, but a small place with gaudy decor and hits of the early eighties playing on the radio. Tony Whitcomb (Thomas Ouellette), the playful and campy owner, has a green apron--to match the wallpaper--and pink shoe-laces on his white hightops--to match his tight white jeans and pink polo. He also flirts like a horny teen, minces and flaps his limp wrist: Whitcomb exploits all the routine mannerisms used to indicate that...

Author: By Daniela Bleichmar, | Title: Shear Madness Not Mad Enough | 2/17/1994 | See Source »

...Clintons' turn. In refurbishing the Treaty Room and Lincoln Sitting Room on the executive mansion's second floor, the Clintons, avid history buffs, sought to replicate the style of Lincoln's era -- in retrospect, a risky choice. Mid-19th century American decor was in its, shall we say, bawdy-house phase at the time. The Victorians never met a swag or tassel they didn't like; if one patterned fabric was good, surely four would be better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton Family Values | 12/6/1993 | See Source »

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