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...father, King Nadir Shah, and was called on to take the throne to spare his nation from potentially bloody turmoil. He would go on to rule Afghanistan for 40 years, bringing an era of relative peace and prosperity and unprecedented democratic reforms. Displayed prominently today in Zahir Shah's plush, carpeted living room in Rome is a 1949 photograph of himself in military uniform, his piercing dark eyes projecting a certain pride in his benevolent regime...
There are many reasons to go to the theater; Reason is one of them. As I sat in the audience at the premiere performance of Reason, Ping Chong and Michael Rohd’s new production, my fascination with the plush red seats and quaint elegance of the Market Theater faded as soon as the lights dimmed. The ferocity with which the audio and visual onslaught began radiating from the stage was surprising and satisfying...
...heaving bodies heating up the main dance floor, false eyelashes don't stand a chance. One year, as the sky grew lighter and sweat-soaked dancers with platform shoes in hand and wigs askew stumbled from the hall, one fellow dressed in a tutu made out of plush koala bears attracted particular attention. He said he was straight. He had decided to do something crazy for once, and Mardi Gras seemed the place...
...wealthy, the beautiful and the famous. The bar has two rooms, a smaller and more intimate lounge perfect for lingering over cocktails and a larger livelier one with a DJ spinning hot tracks. Deep mahogany bars swoop through both rooms as glittering stools and faux-fur pillows adorn plush sofas. Call ahead and reserve a table so you won’t have to wait for service with the other plebeians...
...It’s just a very light, sunny room,” said Nancy Squires, another resident tutor involved in the project, as she lay on the plush off-white carpet. “On a day like today, you come into this room and you feel like it’s not winter in Cambridge...