Word: leatherous
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...beige Travertine floor, while the meanders of its giant silk tapestry nod to the pathways of London's parks. The London NYC's guest rooms feel palatial - averaging 42 sq m, they're atypically large in a city of closet-like accommodations. Collins leaves his materials - limed oak, rich leather, creamy cotton - largely unembellished and judiciously uses lush color, like the paisley-patterned wallpaper that could be 21st century William Morris. His best touch combines beauty, comfort and whimsy: the sleek white rocking chair moves like your grandpa's but looks like modern sculpture...
...that elicited the strongest activity in the reward regions included Coca-Cola 's video game spot, in which the leather-jacketed hero "gives a little love" and spreads goodwill rather than violence. And, in a sign of the emergence of user-generated content, Frito-Lay 's Doritos ad, which was both created by a consumer and voted on by consumers in an online contest, also ranked high as a trigger for the brain 's reward circuit. The ads that elicited little response in the ventral striatum, according to the UCLA study, included Robert Goulet 's turn as an office gremlin...
...It’s known for its beef and leather and tango,” she said of Buenos Aires. “It’s just much more of a tourist destination than Santiago...
...scalp; he's shot in the forehead by a .22 rifle bullet; he's left to starve to death, his own prop a smirking skull. This is the text in a Sunday splash from 1943: "A brawny arm is hurled forward! With the speed of lightning, a leather thong wraps itself around the detective's neck - he chokes. His hands struggle toward his throat. His body is yanked backward. The pain is excruciating! The whip butt rises and descends as all senses leave the brain of detective Dick Tracy...
Here's what it's like to face Condoleezza Rice. When she walks into the room, she opens a slim leather notebook and pulls out a couple of 3-by-8 note cards imprinted with the words SECRETARY OF STATE and filled with half a dozen key words distilled from hours of speed readings and briefings. She will let her hosts do most of the talking while she tries to assess their bottom lines. In a negotiation, she sits archer-straight, lowers her voice and deploys a laser-like glare. "You need to do better than that," she will...