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...audience at the original London show, the British construction magnate Robert McAlpine was so enchanted by the stage set that he decided he wanted a bit of Sleeping Beauty's magic for his own domain. So he commissioned Messel to design a suite, a penthouse, a pavilion and a roof terrace with fountain for his luxury London hotel the Dorchester. The result, which opened in 1953 and has been restored but never altered, is truly fit for a princess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ballet Suite | 10/9/2006 | See Source »

...potatoes and barley, was one of the first in Banja to build a pit latrine three years ago. It's a simple affair: a hole in the ground, 1 m across and 3 m deep, covered with a concrete slab and surrounded by mud walls, a thatched roof and a bamboo door. Outside the toilet is a plastic watering can, which Worku has jerry-rigged to dispense a trickle of water for flushing. His neighbors, he says, "came and asked me why I built it and how it worked ... I told them what I had learned and they listened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Simple Solution | 10/8/2006 | See Source »

...audience at the original London show, the British construction magnate Robert McAlpine was so enchanted by the stage set that he decided he wanted a bit of Sleeping Beauty's magic for his own domain. So he commissioned Messel to design a suite, a penthouse, a pavilion and a roof terrace with fountain for his luxury London hotel the Dorchester. The result, which opened in 1953 and has been restored but never altered, is truly fit for a princess. The entire scheme is an essay in riotous cod rococo: swagged chintz, contorted gilt (even the bathroom fittings are gold-plated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ballet Suite | 10/3/2006 | See Source »

SCORSESE: We kept it late in the schedule. It was about two days of shooting on the roof, and the energy of the two of them together, it's like--I can't explain. For some reason, this is a film that I made that I actually like to watch. Because when it builds to that sequence, it all comes together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gang's All Here | 10/1/2006 | See Source »

...until 20 minutes into the second period that Duke would again find the Crimson net, putting the home team up 5-1 with Stopfords’ third of three. Knoche nearly stuffed the shot, but the ball took an unfriendly bounce past her and into the roof of the goal for another tally. Down to its final five minutes, Harvard stepped up its attack. Sophomore Francine Polet was able to sneak a pass behind the poised Blue Devil defense and connect with her sophomore teammate Tami Jafar. The Duke goaltender rushed Jafar, who dodged the goalie’s desperate...

Author: By Courtney M. Petrouski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Trip Down to Tobacco Road Ends in Loss | 10/1/2006 | See Source »

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