Word: rugs
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...from the entrance. It's hard to imagine the confines could provide its inhabitant with a feeling of security, much less power, or anything other than a sense of claustrophobia, especially when the Styrofoam block is lowered into the entrance way, then covered with a rubber mat, a cloth rug, and dirt-as it was when Special Operations Forces soldiers discovered it shortly after 8 p.m. on December...
...country’s strides on the economic front cannot justify its stumbles when it comes to democracy and human rights, and Summers should not allow Wen to sweep China’s record of wholesale human-rights violations and violent crackdowns on democracy advocates under the rug...
...linings for gloves, boots, hats, jackets and other items made from pelts imported mostly from China, the Philippines and Thailand. Struan Stevenson, a Scottish Member of the European Parliament who wants an E.U.-wide ban on such imports, has a coat made of Alsatian skin (bought in Berlin), a rug made from four golden retrievers (from Copenhagen), individual cat pelts (obtained in Barcelona) and kitten-in-a-basket novelties made from dog fur. "I have personally bought these little cat figurines in virtually every country in the E.U.," he says. In Austria, Stevenson adds, some health shops advertise catskin rugs...
...fitting to ask an assistant to dash over to a nearby restaurant with a Polaroid camera. Ford was meeting some journalists there, and he wanted to make sure the restaurant had the right look. When it comes to image, Ford likes to control every detail, right down to the rug...
...real estate lady gave us a pumpkin pie to celebrate and our heating man gave us his own maple syrup and a cup with his company’s name on it… The house is furnished with the 3 chairs we bought at auction and a blue rug...