Word: parquet
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...meet to give speeches in praise of one another and to do whatever it is that such a large group of aged but exceedingly learned men and women do when left behind closed doors unsupervised. Glowing marble busts of members from generations past covered the walls.As the age-old parquet floor creaked sonorously under my feet, I couldn’t but think of what an unlikely set of circumstances had landed me in this most rarefied of spaces, a haunt solely dedicated to members of France’s five most elite academies—the first of which...
...area for special shows is currently devoted to a collection of celadons (green-glazed pottery) from six provincial Chinese museums. It also gains improved lighting, state-of-the art display cases and other requisites of a modern museum. Yet elegant details of the 19th century mansion remain: oak parquet floors, decorative ceiling moldings and the original majestic staircase that leads to an upper-floor gallery decorated with bronze Japanese animals. Cernuschi's smoking room, too, has been recreated as a memorial to him. But months after the official June opening, some exhibits - Shang dynasty daggers and ax heads; a bronze...
...young female musicians on horseback attests to their near-equal status with men.The renovation gives the Cernuschi more exhibition space, a new seminar room, improved lighting, state-of-the art display cases and other requisites of a modern museum. Yet elegant details of the 19th century mansion remain: oak parquet floors, decorative ceiling moldings and the original majestic staircase that leads to an upper-floor gallery decorated with bronze Japanese animals. Cernuschi's smoking room, too, has been recreated as a memorial...
...sake of freedom, George Bush will boogie. The President doesn't like to dance. When the duties of his office absolutely require it, he grimaces, twirls Laura a few times and then hotfoots it off the parquet. But when he landed at the Tiblisi Georgia airport Monday, the President greeted the array of performers waiting for him with a sustained wiggle. The President's first ever act of rhythmic whimsy only hints at his enthusiasm for the power of the Georgian example...
...that Boston’s FleetCenter—the antiseptic home of the NBA’s Celtics—has taken the name of the beloved, parquet-floored “Garden” that it replaced in 1995, basketball traditionalists are obliged once again to sleep peacefully...