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SoWa stands for “South of Washington Street” and refers to the part of Boston’s South End neighborhood that has recently become a hip galley scene; it centers on a dozen galleries in a converted warehouse at 450 Harrison St. but is quickly spreading through the formerly industrial area...

Author: By Cara B. Eisenpress, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: SoHo Art with Boston Flair | 3/18/2005 | See Source »

Like Jews at a baptism, Gadfly had to ask the person next to us what exactly was going down in the water. Turns out the Northeast’s best and brightest prefer to settle their collegiate rivalries by imitating the slave galley on a Roman warship...

Author: By Michael M. Grynbaum, Sarah M. Seltzer, and Zachary M. Seward, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Gadfly; The Week in Buzz | 10/28/2004 | See Source »

...lose 4.5 kilograms each, thus lightening in-flight loads. Another was to install rest rooms next to airport gates, using the power of suggestion to encourage passengers to shed a few grams by relieving themselves prior to boarding. Someone even proposed limiting the number of toothpicks in the aircraft galley to one per passenger. These ideas were discarded, but more practical ones were quickly implemented. Korean Air removed two unused TV antennas previously mounted on the rear of all its planes. The reduction in drag saves almost 30 kilograms of jet fuel per hour. Pilots now shut off one engine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crude Awakenings | 9/6/2004 | See Source »

...With its curved walls painted brick red, cobalt blue, lemon yellow and gray, Danubiana was built to resemble a Roman galley about to sail into the serene expanse of the Danube. Since it opened in 2000 and Yellow House closed, the museum has hosted some 30 shows featuring artists like Spanish sculptor Mart?n Chirino, Dutch painter Ad Snijders and Slovak painter Peter Poll?g. Coming up are "True Colors," the work of 68 U.S. artists responding to Sept. 11 (April 6 to May 23), and a retrospective of Polish sculptor Magdalena Abakanowicz (May 25 to June 17). Although no longer obsessed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art on the Danube | 4/5/2004 | See Source »

...Staying power is not all that the new aircraft has going for it. An array of design and service innovations accompany its unveiling, including fully enclosed flat beds, first-class suites, and "room service" whereby passengers phone their orders through to the galley and are served the meals in their seats at a time of their choice. Those with a low boredom threshold or restless children can find diversion in a staggering 500-plus entertainment channels, while a novel lighting system that Emirates describes as "revolutionary" will gently coax passengers' body clocks into a rhythm that minimizes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going the Distance | 12/1/2003 | See Source »

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