Word: nest
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...height of his powers. “The Passenger” came out in 1975, “Chinatown” had come out the year before, and later that year he would appear in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” for which he would receive an Academy Award. Here, in the role of journalist David Locke, his sheer charisma in the role enthralls and sucks in the audience. His shark’s grin is as present as ever, and he wields it recklessly, bringing credibility to a character that...
...with bulging lenses of glass; a major addition to the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minn.; and a soccer stadium in Munich. Their relatively small firm has also snagged one of the biggest architectural commissions of the decade, the 2008 Olympic Stadium in Beijing, which will be an undulating nest wrapped in an irregular ribbonwork of crisscrossing steel...
...which also keeps a spherical white lantern dangling above his bed, if the term applies. Ching gave his bedframe to Matsui (for a king-size bed) and created a sleeping/sitting/lounging area on one half of his floor. The black fabric on the floor separates his desk space from this nest. A squishy black mattress pad, shaggy white rug, and a handful of black and white throw pillows make a “loungy feel,” Ching says. Large shards of broken mirror adorn the wall above his desk and two neat rows of square mirrors line another...
...lowest possible price--without even seeking the workers' permission. Rather than wait for a possible return to profitability through restructuring, the trustee decided that it was "in the best interests" of the employees to sell the ESOP shares. They went for 9. In short order, a $300 million retirement nest egg put away by 6,000 Polaroid employees was wiped out. Many lost between...
...scare as he avoids her in the hallways - things get worse when she discovers she can shed her entire epidermis like a snake. So, outed at the school, she flees to the woods with Rob, who has disclosed his true feelings for her. Almost literally ensconced in a love nest, things go really bad when Rob vanishes and a dismembered arm appears...