Word: nook
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Iraq has mastered the art of the shell game, whisking its secret stores from nook to nook ahead of the inspectors. Most difficult of all to get hold of are the logbooks that compare prewar acquisitions with what is accounted for now; and the plans and designs, on paper or computer discs or simply locked in scientists' heads, that would enable Saddam to reconstitute his warheads and missiles if inspections ever stopped. Last week Saddam refused to give inspectors access to some key papers, once again raising prospects for confrontation. "We knew we'd get back to square one with...
Directly opposite the television is The Bed, a queen-sized structure extending from a nook in the wall (originally a closet). The Bed is covered by a silky black comforter and framed by a leopard-print valance and bedskirt. The leopard-print motif also saturates the room's black, blue and orange patterned rug as well as its black and yellow window drapes. Black lights illuminate posters of Jimi Hendrix and Bob Marley while to the side a "Cosmic Circle" light radiates gently...
...computers push their way further into every nook and cranny of America's complex economy, these experiences underline a paradox that has long puzzled almost everybody who comes into contact with thinking machines. Computers help all sorts of people do their jobs faster and more efficiently. Many enthusiasts expect the machines to transform the American economy and society as completely as the internal-combustion engine and electric power did, beginning roughly a century ago. But why is there so little hard numerical evidence that this is happening? In particular, if computers are sparking a new industrial revolution, why have...
...time for Discovery to head home, and every nook and cranny of the shuttle is stuffed with souvenirs of its last hook-up with Mir. Astronaut Andrew Thomas -- who spent 130 days on the Russian station and brought back a bundle of posters, certificates and even a guitar -- seems to have the perennial tourist's problem of packing in zero gravity: "We've got stuff floating everywhere," he said after rejoining his colleagues Thursday...
...Harvard houses? Well, yes, if you're passionately attached to the image of ivy-covered brick (and centipedes), white moldings, fireplaces and winding stairs. What Currier has instead: a cozy, bright, immaculate look (it's even cleaner than Pforzheimer); cheerful carpeting and comfortable chairs and sofas tucked in every nook and corner of the house; the most pleasant dining hall on campus, always sociable but never noisy, completed by that famous fountain; elevators; kitchens on every floor in three of the four towers; solariums in every tower equipped with TV/VCRs, and the largest video collection of any house...