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...Congress have to trek to Iraq to hear about progress there and that the Administration has been AWOL in touting the economy. Bush aides admitted they have been behind the eight ball, partly because of Hurricane Katrina, and detailed a blueprint for better communications. Bush dashed into the Rose Garden late last week to declare that the economy "continues to gain strength and momentum." The event had been thrown together so quickly that the usual velvet ropes were not set up to pen back journalists. "We're trying the trusting method," an aide joked. Merry glasnost...
...parts, in roughly chronological order: Early Varieties, Mid-Seasonals and Full Bloomers, a homey reference to floral growing patterns that gets reflected in the book's botanical design. (The book arrived at my office wrapped in a bow and a hand-designed packet of seed from the author's garden attached, though I am sure it does not ship to bookstores this way.) The earliest material, from the mid-'80s, shows Tyler already interested in the dramas of the household. "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning," provides a snapshot of a neighborly Midwest Saturday night gathering during...
...back to rice paddies in three months' time. The breathtaking showroom is a cathedral of curving bamboo, designed by renowned Malaysian architect Cheong Yew Kuan. It's easy to chuckle when Hardy speaks of building replicas on the roofs of malls in the U.S., turning those wasted acres into gardens and bringing luxury retail to a whole new level?the garden level. But then you realize, he's serious. And then you start to think, Well...
...John Hardy factory is 21st century, the John Hardy home could be the future?or at least the Hardy vision of a sustainable, luxurious future. The entire structure is built of recycled hardwoods, including old ironwood telephone poles. It appears to float above an organic garden, and the ground floor has no walls, allowing for an unobstructed view over endless rice paddies...
...first floor to an exercise in geometry and light by London-based Plasma Studio's Eva Castro and Holger Kehne on the fourth. Other designs include Teresa Sapey's colorful parking garage, Christian Liaigre's Latin-inspired restaurant, Marc Newson's glass-enclosed cocktail bar and an oasis-like garden by Harriet Bourne and Jonathan Bell...