Word: interiorities
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...couple of weeks, fleets of bloblike Pelagia noctiluca have reached beaches from Barcelona to Málaga. In Catalonia alone, the Red Cross has treated 14,044 bathers for the painful stings. Local governments in Benidorm and elsewhere have posted signs in three languages warning of the dangers. The Interior Ministry has publicized advice for those who are stung - wash the affected area with salt water, don't rub it, seek assistance. (In rare cases, an allergic reaction to the sting can prove deadly.) The Environment Ministry is sending out boats armed with large nets to snare the jellyfish before...
...high schoolers are already so sure of their future careers that a meandering liberal-arts education seems a waste of time compared with the chance to specialize early. The Savannah College of Art and Design has gained a national reputation by offering demanding degrees in subjects like fibers and interior design. Students at the Culinary Institute of America can major in such fields as baking and pastry-arts management. The school has two campuses: one in Hyde Park, N.Y., and the other in St. Helena, Calif., the heart of Napa Valley. Alas, there are no wine pairings with the dorm...
...community, but a small group of criminals. According to reports, some of the suspects rounded up last night have connections to Pakistan - one senior Pakistan official told TIME that nine men have been arrested in Pakistan over the past few days in connection to the plot. And French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy said in a press conference today that the "team of terrorists appears to be of Pakistani origin." But other reports indicate that the suspects were British-born with some ties to Pakistan. Either way, only a year after the July 7 bombings, Britons are once again reminded that...
This time Schrager is selling a completely different look, one he calls the antithesis of hip. The sleek modernism he pioneered with French designer Philippe Starck has been replaced by an opulent interior designed by the artist Julian Schnabel. The idea is to create a space that looks like an artist's studio. Instead of three-legged stools and linoleum floors, there are deep velvet sofas, stuccoed walls and Giacometti-style cast-bronze doorknobs...
...irregularities have prompted many parties to claim victory for their candidates even before preliminary results are known. The claims and counterclaims are adding to the chaos. "Biased leaflets proclaiming one candidate or another as winner are being distributed or even sold," Theophile Mbemba Fundu, the interior minister, said last weekend. The aim of parties was to "engender a psychosis of fear in order to trick the population into contesting the results...