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...Fonseka supporters moved near the yellow barricades set up by the police, their shouts grew louder. They pushed, they shoved, and they pleaded with police to let them pass. The pleading and shouting went on for a bit, while 100 meters away, on a small grassy knoll, another crowd gathered, armed with stones, bottles and sticks. The groups eyed each other ominously until the pro-Fonseka crowd grew in number and in noise and pushed the barricade down. The pro-Fonseka activists marched toward the knoll, and stones, bottles and sticks began flying first at them and then from them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sri Lankan Protesters Take to the Streets | 2/10/2010 | See Source »

When he died in 1961 - at 51 years of age, after surgery for a brain tumor - Saarinen was just arriving at the peak of his fame and success. He'd been on the cover of TIME, he had A-list clients, and his streamlined furniture for Knoll was so of the moment that Coca-Cola used his Womb chair in a magazine ad showing an exhausted Santa Claus slumped in it. (See TIME's video "The Legacy and Return of Architect Eero Saarinen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eero Dynamic | 2/1/2010 | See Source »

...supporting roles, the warm baritone of Robert A. Knoll ’13 lends humanity to the lonely vicar Dr. Daly. The mother-daughter pair of Mrs. Parlet (Amrita S. Dani ’13) and Constance (Megan M. Savage ’10), two excessively emotional villagers, also give solid comic turns. And when the entire ensemble appears together in the finales to both acts, the performers’ shared delight in the music creates a wonderful, tangible energy...

Author: By Julian B. Gewirtz | Title: Cast of ‘Sorcerer’ Spellbinding | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

...Cambridge Common: 1. Grassy knoll separating the Quad from the rest of civilization. Steer clear at night to avoid being mugged and/or stabbed. (Seriously.) 2. Bar on Mass. Ave. popular with Quadlings...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dictionary of Harvardisms | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

Mesh office chairs first came into popularity in the '90s with the dotcom boom, desk lunches and Herman Miller's invention of the Aeron chair. The bubble burst not long after, but the adjustable, rolling chair remained a cubicle staple. Now Knoll plans to push the Aeron out of its comfy spot at the top of the seating chain with its latest innovation?the Generation. The home- and office-furnishings company spent more than three years collaborating with New Zealand--based Formway Design to produce this new ergonomic chair. With its durable rubber back and unique figure-eight design...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Web Tech | 5/1/2009 | See Source »

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