Word: gardened
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...reproductions allow viewers to navigate easily across large paintings like Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights, moving from the serene portrait of Adam and Eve in paradise to Earth's naked bodies coupling inside a mussel shell or munching oversize pieces of fruit, or Hell's kissing pigs disguised as nuns, with an ease that - given the work's size and intricacy - would be denied a visitor standing before the actual 7-by-13-ft. (220 by 390 cm) triptych...
...signed resignation to Lincoln, the badge of the policeman who was killed saving Truman's life, the same portraits that hung in the sitting room where the Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine were hammered out. Today it also contains furnishings and various bric-a-brac donated by House and Garden, General Electric, and Elizabeth Arden among others. During the Blair House's last facelift, Congress agreed only to pay for its structural improvements. For decorations and other such amenities, they refused to foot the bill...
...Suzman for tea in the lush garden of her Johannesburg home last June. She was, she said, "slowly fading away," with tinnitus in her ears making her head "ring like a church bell." But she was still feisty and outspoken, especially on the ANC. The party had failed to transform the lives of black South Africans, she argued--"The vast majority have been left behind"--while its leader and the likely next President, Jacob Zuma, "just tells people what they want to hear." Not an accusation ever leveled at Suzman...
...Mardi Gras, the Zagat Guide has released its 2009 restaurant guide to New Orleans. No surprise that a third of surveyors said Creole and Cajun were their favorite cuisines: The award-winning creole restaurant Brigtsen's took Top Food and Top Service honors, while Commander's Palace in the Garden District was voted Most Popular and No. 1 for décor. And finally reopening after Hurricane Katrina are local favorites Cafe Sbisa and Charlie's Steak House. You can also get Zagat listings on your iPhone; download the app for $9.99 through the Zagat website...
...Suzman for tea in her lush garden in her Johannesburg home in June last year. She was, she said, "slowly fading away," tinnitus in her ears making her head "ring like a church bell." But, as I hoped, she was still feisty and outspoken. We chatted about the old days, about how she had managed to negotiate a visit to meet Mandela in prison on Robben Island off Cape Town in 1967, about what had made him such a unifying leader. Inevitably, that drew comparisons with today's A.N.C. "[Thabo] Mbeki [Mandela's successor as president, who was forced...