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...like for Alice when she went through the looking glass? The elevator that transports guests down to Bel Canto provides a surreal start to an evening in London's first lyrical dining room - the elevator carriage resembles a shrunken La Fenice, Venice's gorgeous opera house. Downstairs in the plush velvet-and-gilt dining room, which convincingly resembles an opera box, dimensions are restored to conventional expectations. The service, however, goes beyond them. Not only are the waiting staff attentive and swift, but all of them boast voices so utterly pure and transforming that it's hard to remember...
With its dark wood benches, plush blue carpeting and rich ornamental details, the second-floor courtroom of the U.S. District Court in Paducah, Ky., is half a world away from Iraq's hardscrabble Triangle of Death. But in a trial that opened here on Monday, Steven Green, a former private first class from the 101st Airborne Division, stands accused of crimes committed there, one the worst atrocities believed to have been carried out by U.S. forces during...
Martha, the hired help is here! The hired—no? Undergraduates, you say? Well, then. Come in, come in! Make yourself comfortable. Admire our walnut paneling, our sumptuous rugs, our impressive portrait collection of pasty, unidentifiable friends of the College. Take a seat in one of our plush armchairs. A waiter will be by with champagne momentarily...
...auto mechanic, Madden was born in Minnesota and grew up in Northern California. It was not a plush upbringing: A multi-sport athlete, Madden remembers taping together broken bats from a local semi-pro baseball team to use for batting practice; one of his first jobs was as a caddy. Recruited to play football at the University of Oregon, he transferred out after his first year and eventually ended up at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. Drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in 1958, Madden suffered a career-ending knee injury during training camp...
...maritime power where ship canvas was everywhere - and turning away from fresco or egg tempera to the relatively new and more pliant medium of oil paint. Drag a loaded brush over the textured surface of a canvas, and a whole range of sensual effects are possible. The feathery plush of a fur collar, the glint of light on armor, the nap of rough cloth - they could all be suggested by oil in ways that tempera couldn't quite...