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Kelley is best known for his soft sculptures involving found objects -- soiled, discarded stuffed toys, from teddy bears and bunnies to green plush snakes, which he sews together into teeming clumps or exhibits, in solitary pathos, on mats on the floor. You can cite a host of precedents for this, from Claes Oldenburg to Jackson Pollock, but the effect really depends on the nakedness with which Kelley presents the toys as elements in a free-form psychodrama about threat and vulnerability; they're like the dolls that witch- hunting lawyers use to elicit the evidence of children in abuse prosecutions...
...huge reading room--with its majestic portraits, columns and easy chairs--is plush and inspiring. But even more attractive than the reading room is the selection of edibles and potables that can be found in the building's tunnels...
When you enter the store, you can't help but feel a little disoriented by the dualistic nature of the place--the front of the store is crisp and office-like, accented by granite tiling and wooden panels, while the other two-thirds of the establishment is plush, richly textured, and riddled with hair care products. Thomas said that she is required by law to have two distinct waiting rooms and a boundary between the two "offices...
Throughout those years, Harvard developed a friendly relationship with the dub: Harvard got plush surroundings to wine and dine its alumni and Essex received a reliable source of annual revenue...
...White House failed to take into account that the travel office had a powerful protector in the press, which has long been pampered by the plush level of accommodations. The reporters appreciate the way their favorite drinks are served the minute they sit down in their first-class seats. Family members can come along for a flat $100; any purchases made during trips get hauled back free. A reporter's fingers hardly ever touch luggage...