Word: mosaic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Sirio Maccioni's operations, Le Cirque 2000 and Osteria del Circo. You drive up the side of the Lago di Comovegas and arrive at a gigantic porte cochere, patinated copper and glass, inspired by the vaults of Milan's Galleria. Beyond that stretches the foyer, acres of marble and mosaic floor. And the ceiling chandelier, the largest glass sculpture ever made, 30 ft. by 70 ft. of writhing, billowing trumpets and petals by the glass artist Dale Chihuly. And more acres of slot machines. And the conservatory, whose plants come from a 90,000-sq.-ft. nursery somewhere...
...Kate than arts and crafts--she keeps the house running, the bills paid, and the food coming without the least bit of help from Ellen or George. And most importantly, she loves her domesticity. Kate simply lights up at the thought of keeping Ellen comfortable or working on a "mosaic table" that makes use of all the broken dish pieces. And, of course, with Streep in command, we truly believe that Kate loves her role as wife and mother unconditionally...
...Harvard Mosaic - Co-editor-in-chief; Small Claims Advisory Service - volunteer; The Harvard Salient - Senior Writer; The Harvard International Review and The Harvard Political Review - Contributor; The Harvard Crimson- Editor...
Organizers are confident that the mosaic of events provides first-years with what they need...
...sort of sea cave, shining with internal color. Its walls are covered with a wobbly grid of large tiles: yellow, viridian, mauve-flecked with rose madder. The floor is all sea-green and turquoise speckles, but it's hard to say exactly what color any patch of the gelatinous mosaic is because each is so modified by contrasting touches within its small boundaries. The biggest shape in this aquarium light rises diagonally across the picture: a bath, like an immense open oyster, in which floats the body of a woman, all legs, shining indistinctly in the water. She seems...