Word: earshot
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...That he and his partners are seeking to do so within earshot of Tokyo Midtown's cash registers is something of an irony, as is the fact that the name Miyake is one of the most prominent brands in the field of luxury goods. Its owner, at least, seems undeterred. "I want to make this space alive and to create a vision for the future," says Miyake. "Our aim is not to sell things or ideas but rather, through our exhibitions, to make people think more within the context of their social and natural environments...
...most outspoken advocates for The True Love Revolution (TLR) was walking past a table of four boys, and when he was beyond earshot one of them started snickering. The four then devolved into a fit of manly and obviously overcompensating laughter at the “virgin” who had just walked...
...then it happened elsewhere. Suddenly it wasn't like that at all. Every morning, you opened the paper, there was "five dead in encounter" here and "so-and-so businessman shot by extortionists" there. In many ways, it started to come very close to home. Geographically, I was within earshot of one famous shootout in the early '90s, which happened in my neighborhood with automatic weapons. Also, my family is connected to the film industry, so I knew people--friends and acquaintances--who were getting shot at. I wanted to understand what was going...
...both of them. I was also there the day that two-year-old Adam said ‘fuck’ to another little boy when, during a playdate, the other child threw a Nerf ball over Adam’s head. The boy’s mother, in earshot, was not pleased. Their favorite teddy bears, which the clever children have both named ‘Cow,’ were gifts from me that I picked up at the Coop the day they were born and brought home during a break. Their favorite computer game?...
...This is not simply a result of its intimate ambience (with room for no more than a dozen or so, an evening there has the air of a private party). It's also due to its sequestered location on Tolo Harbour - within sight of rocky islets and earshot of lapping waves - as well as the superb cooking of Gary Cheuk, who presents a changing degustation menu nightly. Then there's the sheer delight of stumbling, with your loved one, upon such a gorgeous little place in the dark: if romance isn't kindled amid the crystal and candlelight of this...