Word: muralled
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...mirrorquietly requests "no gambling, no cussing, nospitting," while fake plants swing in ceilingbaskets along the windows. Every inch of wallspace is covered by something which was almostcertainly obtained for free, including thethoroughly-crooked set of house cues. Theexception is the back wall; this surface iscovered by a custom-made mural which clearly datesfrom an era long past. In the foreground, thepainting crudely depicts a scene from "TheHustler," with vaguely recognizable likenesses ofJackie Gleason's Minnesota Fats and Paul Newman'sEddie Felsin. At the middle table in the painting,three ruddy-faced Irish fellows contemplatesinking the eight-ball in the corner...
...14th of Ramadan Cafe alongside the square, young men in frayed suits and old men in shabby jellabas sip tea or puff on water pipes, while backgammon counters slap, slap in the background. An old mural shows a young Saddam smiling; next to it a photo mural depicts an older, grimmer leader. There is nothing to eat here at the cafe except some custard puddings and a pile of Turkish delight. Holes near the roof line are filled in with little cardboard squares. The windows are half covered in tattered plastic. The men say they are resigned to more bombs...
...first class mean "I think I am extra special smart. Please prepare for a volcanic eruption of mental manure." Calling the TF by name when you already have her attention (as in "Well, Carol, I have always had a special love for special relativity. I have a tat-too mural of `Einstein Working at a Black-board' on my behind, as, Carol, I'm sure you do as well") is the International Sign that you are counting on making Carol so uncomfortable that she'll never call on you and you can stop doing the reading. Carefully flipping through...
...giant turquoise-and-pink Jesus Christ alongside a black mural of Che Guevara. Fidel Castro's hand gently guiding Pope John Paul II's shuffling steps. Symbols of accord amid substantive disagreement. The pastoral and the political came together in Cuba last week just the way the missionary of Christian faith and the apostle of communism had planned. But as the two pursued their own agendas, each had to be disappointed that the historic visit intended as a public relations coup was upstaged in the U.S. by the Clinton sex scandal...
...addition, Mitby says he plans an extensive mural, using light, shiny pennies and darker, older ones to create shading...