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Some of these block puzzles seem to be works of art as well as a challenge, made of cherry and rosewood, or combinations of fine woods varnished to a high lustre, so that they are almost too pretty to take apart...
...news first. No, make that the only news. Billy Rosewood is back and better than ever. Billy Rosewood! Billy Rosewood? Sure, you remember, the innocent young detective, expertly played by Judge Reinhold, who was street- smartened up by Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy, of course) in Beverly Hills...
...lose the man who really loves her./ In the silence I can hear their breaking hearts." The sound of Strong Persuader is not the only thing that is different; not even the main thing. Cray offers a uniquely supple narrative that he wields as easily as his '64 rosewood-necked Fender Stratocaster guitar...
Analog defenders contend that there is nothing wrong with LPs that cannot be cured by a $1,000 Linn Sondek turntable, a $1,200 tone arm and an $850 rosewood cartridge, among other so-called high-end components. But it seems unlikely that the ordinary music lover will want to shell out $10,000 or more to experience the hidden delights of LPs. Despite their imperfections, CDs have overwhelming advantages. The sound is clear and bright. There is no surface noise, no turntable rumble, no pitch fluctuation. Says Leonard Feldman, who runs an audio laboratory on New York's Long...
There are ideal juxtapositions, as with the Chippendale sideboard, wine cooler and pedestaled urns from Harewood House, whose rich tones of rosewood and satinwood are echoed and amplified in the glossy coats of the Stubbs horses hanging above them, borrowed from a different estate. The cast list of painters and sculptors, silversmiths, ebenistes and potters is immense, and though there are disappointments--Turner, for instance, is poorly represented --there are also some startling moments. It would be difficult to find a clearer or fresher Canaletto than his view of the Thames from Richmond House, for instance, or a more precocious...