Word: interiorities
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...that's why the directive has such powerful opponents. Professionals ranging from British midwives to French interior decorators are wary of unfair competition from foreign rivals who may not be subject to the same stringent national rules. "The major problem is that it will create unfair competition," says Agnès Thibault, secretary-general of the European Builders Confederation, which is seeking an exemption from the directive. Unions across Western Europe have raised the specter of an army of low-paid service workers without social benefits arriving from Central and Eastern Europe, undercutting prices and destroying local jobs. Some government...
...music) in the sketches for Picasso's monumental Pipes of Pan. When Bacon arrived in Paris at age 18 - after his father caught him in his mother's underwear and threw him out - he was certain of his homosexuality, but less certain of his artistic talent. He flirted with interior design when he returned to London in 1929 and, once he started painting, destroyed most of his early efforts. One work that survives is a 1933 Crucifixion, which was reproduced that same year in Art Now, a book on contemporary art; on the facing page, tellingly, is a similar work...
...matures from a 90-lb duckling to self-confident, if somewhat inept, adventurer. This relationship feels genuinely warm, and keeps the series from being just a simple parody, even when some of the gags are as funny as when Herbert and Marvin infiltrate the Hooded Ones' lair disguised as interior decorators, complete with foppish 18th century outfits...
...Phoenix Landing is about as Irish a pub as they come. The owners named the establishment for the mythical bird that rises from its ashes in blazing glory — a common symbol for Ireland’s rebirth after the Anglo-Irish War. The interior of the Landing is bathed in a warm red and features authentic wooden walls. The Galway-born bartender, Niamh (rhymes with ‘Bev’—no joke), told of the St. Paddy’s Day festivities: an honest-to-goodness bagpipe band will follow...
...murder, a crime he denies committing). But only a few have been convicted since 1986. Stung by criticism from organizations like the International Federation of Journalists and Reporters Sans Frontières, the administration of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo recently set up Task Force Newsmen, a special group under Interior Secretary Angelo Reyes, to look into the killings. But Reyes, the hard-bitten former Chief of Staff of the Philippine Armed Forces, seems determined to downplay the problem. "There is no climate of fear here," he insists. "These [journalists] who were involved in nefarious activities-if they were killed...