Word: poole
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Based on these on-campus half hour interviews and resumes, the companies reduce their pool of applicants for the next round of evaluation. Most U.S. companies based outside Boston fly students to their premises to meet and be scrutinized by senior members of the firm...
Howard Fields, 39, is making an outlandish splash in business. Three years ago, the Sausalito, Calif., entrepreneur plunged into the world of exotic- swimming-pool and -pond design. Now he is a leading creator of aquatic fantasies, with about 200 projects to his credit. Among them: a $3 million pool masquerading as a river that flows for the equivalent of six city blocks at a Puerto Rican resort. At Washington's Grand Hyatt Hotel, Fields is working on a $1 million, 3,000-sq.-ft. lake that will feature hundreds of live koi fish, 100-ft. waterfalls and a piano...
...finishing touches on the Hoagie, built for a family out to express itself in a big way. Besides the twelve-room, 10,000- sq.-ft. house, the complex includes a separate guesthouse and separate caretaker's house (both shaped like smaller hoagies), maid's quarters and a swimming pool. There's even a gift-wrapping room."Hey, don't look at me," says Badanes. "The guy's got a lot of kids and a lot of birthday parties." But right now, the dilemma is over what car grille to order for the fireplace in the living room. "I'm looking...
...grille fireplace isn't the house's only unusual feature: the "media room" has been modeled after an old Wurlitzer jukebox, and until the client vetoed it, the pool was planned to resemble an anatomical heart. "I guess it was just too close to the real thing," says Badanes. "If you look at hearts all day, maybe the last thing you want to do is come home and go swimming...
...something of a latter-day comedy classic, and unquestionably the best movie ever made about golf. The cast--including spiritualist Bill Murray, the ever-anal Ted Knight, and Rodney Danger-field--more than make up for the lame and tedious teen-love subplot. And the turd-in-the-swimming pool scene will undoubtedly serve as a humour benchmark for years to come...