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...details: in the petals of a cornflower or the veins of an elecampane leaf, in the grain of stone or the purling of a brook. That is why the details of Pre-Raphaelite landscape, ostensibly the fruit of candid observation, take on such a hortatory, didactic air. One knows, looking at Millais's portrait of Ruskin in his sober frock coat on the rocky verge of a Scots cascade, that every wrinkle of the gray gneissic crag he stands on is meant to speak of the geological span of the creation and to imply a sense of time...
...Eden, the site of the original revolution, Adam and Eve found it was the same old tale when they turned over a new leaf. Boring...
These negotiations are Local 34's first after being unified leaf spring. Yale officials said this was a minor stumbling block teacher they had nevger dealt with the union and had so work through all issues from scrunch. "Union organizers said they were very consociates of the fact that it was their first trip to the bargaining table and were determined to make a good showing...
...green to the boys of the brigade has gone to Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. This year was no exception. To the stirring strains of the regimental band's bag pipes, fifes and drums, the Queen Mum presented her troops with fresh sprigs of three-leaf clover, which they stuck into the braiding of their caps. Then the commanding officer cried, "Three cheers for the Queen Mother!" whereupon there was a rousing "Hip, hip, hooray!" As the band struck up the chords of the St. Patrick's Day march and the men filed past their royal chief, Irish eyes...
...gleaming: white tile floors, chrome-and-black ovens, stove and appliances. The foyer of the house is Lighted by a chandelier dangling from the ceiling two floors above. The circular staircase leading to the second floor is carpeted in green, the floor is white marble. A square gold-leaf table holds a vase with an armful of flowers. There is a grandfather clock in the corner ornamented with gold filigree. Everything seems to have been splashed with gold. Bronze statuary peoples the room...