Word: nooks
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...runs until Easter next year, will explore the reading experience with seven rooms of styles and genres, such as topsy-turvy world, wilderness world and a world of quests and challenges. There's also a story lab, in which the public can access digitized collection material, a sunny reading nook, a caf? and a bookstore. Flossie Hunt, 11, of Rothbury, Northumberland, predicts that "people will want to spend the whole day here." Memo to Hogwarts admin: get those school trips organized pronto...
...lies curled up as if only asleep, knees drawn to her chest, arms wrapped around them, tucked snugly in a nook between the coral boulders. But this woman is long dead, and her bones are as white as the coral branches that have crept among them like tree roots. Around her, lying in other cavities in the sharp rock and covered by volcanic ash, are the resting places of more human bones, all arranged in different positions of repose. Bats wheel above on the wind, which rushes through the coconut palms and sets the blue tarpaulin covering the graves flapping...
That argument sits well with the White House, which is also suing to in validate Gramm-Rudman. The Reagan Administration's chief courtroom attorney, Solicitor General Charles Fried, pressed the Administration's view before the Supreme Court last week. The Comptroller's duties under Gramm-Rudman "affect every nook and cranny of the Executive Department," he contended. During two hours of argument, twice the normally allotted time, lawyers for the House, the Senate and the Comptroller came to the law's defense. Steven Ross, representing the bipartisan leadership of the House, rejected the claim that the Comptroller was answerable...
...flavored with hazelnut and thick caramel—are just two of the featured beverages. If neither is your thing, feel free to draw on the list of optional flavors and custom-order your own. The original 1369 is in Inman Square, at 1369 Cambridge St., duh. This cozy nook is worth the fifteen-minute walk from the River—for both the food and the change of pace...
...pairing the newest models--such as the Gateway 7200S ($1,400; gateway.com)--with two new add-ons, that technology goes mobile. You can transfer shows and songs to Creative's Zen Portable Media Center ($500; creative.com to enjoy on a plane or bus or in your breakfast nook. If the PC is in the den but you want to see your shows on the living room TV, try Linksys' Media Center Extender ($300; linksys.com) which lets your computer broadcast to another screen...