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...were the trappings of luxury. Yet they had a practical value. They dressed up the bare stone walls of a castle, and they kept out the cold. Many a shivering demoiselle was grateful for chambres, movable partitions of tapestry which could subdivide a drafty great hall into a cozy nook...
...enterprising news-public affairs entrepreneurs roam the globe to update the current events story (and pretty soon every nook and corner will have been explored, extending into outer space), the man in work clothes and business suit who has just returned home from a day with other men in work clothes and business suits finds himself watching and listening to still other men in work clothes and business suits. Which is O.K., up to a point, since TV or any other medium bereft of enlightenment will justifiably fade into oblivion . . . But how long is it since TV has unearthed...
Highway "hospitality booths" outside Seattle are staffed by hostesses who have direct lines to Expo-Lodging headquarters to help reservationless visitors find a place to stay. Sales of beds and mattresses have risen some 70% (best seller: hideaways) as every available nook and cranny in Seattle is converted into sleeping space...
...prestigious new job, Speaker McCormack is paid $35,000 a year, plus $10,000 for expenses (an ordinary Representative gets $22,500). He also inherits two elaborate suites of offices and a cozy nook, a Cadillac with chauffeur, a private dining room. The power and the trappings of the Speaker are a big step up for any man-and a long way from the drab South Boston streets where John McCormack got his start...
...world's most worldly ivory tower is tiny All Souls College, the select nook at Oxford University that since 1438 has operated on the theory that men of learning should also be men of influence. All Souls consists of 52 Fellows, ranging from brilliant graduate students who conduct research of "unfathomable depth" for up to 14 years, to the most active leaders of British culture and politics...