Word: grotto
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...eight-minute ride (perhaps with Frequent Visitor Brigitte Bardot) up the steep, jagged mountainside. If he does not own an apartment in a condominium, he will most likely stay at the HÔtel des Dromonts, with 40 spacious, tastefully furnished rooms. The interior resembles a pyramid-shaped grotto where the walls jut out or recede at dramatic angles. The most exciting feature is the architectural concept of integrated activity. The bar, dining room and lobby are visible to one another and, wherever possible, the architects have avoided staircases in favor of tilted floors. Near by, Les Hauts-Forts contains...
Like other algae, Palmellococcus thrives on light, moisture, mineral salts and carbon dioxide. Yet when it can feed on such organic substances as sweat, pollen and bacteria-which were also brought into the grotto-it will multiply well even in dim light. If enough of these nutrients are present, it can survive without any light at all. In fact, it was this steady buildup of organic matter, Lefevre and Laporte say, that enabled Palmellococcus to proliferate even when the cave was shut down and left in total darkness...
...reduce the algae's bacterial food supply, the scientists fumigated the grotto with an aerosol of powerful antibiotics (penicillin, streptomycin and kanamycin). Next, they tackled Palmellococcus itself. They found that a spray of formaldehyde mixed with detergent not only killed the algae-which gradually lost their color-but had no ill effect on the paintings themselves...
...whose art is a twisted trail of surprises and double-entendres, the new piece is a triumphant denouement. It wraps all the themes of his previous works into one immensely charming paradox. The viewer enters a small white-walled room that is reminiscent of a grotto. On the far wall, a graceful brick archway frames a wooden door, silvery with age. Near the center of the door are two small peepholes that open onto a beguiling scene. There, lying on a bed of twigs and leaves is a delicate three-dimensional nude, her legs spread provocatively, her left hand holding...
...York, they send it up overnight, or on the weekends," he explains. "I just check what I want." On almost any day, a visitor is apt to find a new painting propped against one of the walls of the underground gallery (ending in a grotto) that his grandfather built in Pocantico, while the Governor gives it his consideration. He spends days selecting sites for new pieces of sculpture to be placed on the rambling grounds. His wife Happy is admittedly a neophyte, but she is more and more an enthusiast with a growing personal taste...