Word: rugs
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...least the remainder of the post-season—is the sort of quirk that many pick up in their college years and come to regret passionately upon graduation. But unlike a gauche tattoo or a heroin habit, Sox support can be tucked under the rug easily right now, before the shame of defeat strikes its certain blow. There’s still time not to be a loser...
Once upon a time, before 10- and 12-year-olds became an outsize economic force, a kid's room was the spot for a hand-me-down chair, a serviceable desk, a throw rug and the latest pop-idol wall posters. Today it's a color-coordinated, fashion-accessorized statement of personal style. Or more precisely, personal style as interpreted by the growing number of retailers rushing to supply this fast-growing $17 billion-a-year market. Vendors, including Pottery Barn, Pier 1, the Bombay Co., Delia's and Target, are creating new products, catalogs and, in some cases, chains...
...felt he had to resign. He felt his credentials had been impaired; the rug had been pulled out from under him,” Bok said. “In contrast to people who hang on to office until last possible minute, John said, ‘I can’t be effective so I’m going to leave...
...mildly, particle board makes for an unlikely luxury material, but give it enough shine, and--who knew?--it's more vivacious than an ocelot throw rug. Then again, coming at you with the unexpected is at the heart of what Adjaye does. "What I'm trying to say," he explains, "is that this might be the cheapest bloody material you can imagine, and it's beautiful." For the record, these days he's building himself a second home in Ghana made partly...
Shrimpy, a character who looks like a pig-in-blanket cocktail snack performs "Soapin' Up the Hawg" at the beginning of the short story, "The Mighty Kingdom of Shrimpy-Ub." His motivation for doing so, on a rug in the middle of his living room, remains unspoken, as do the origins of the ritual. His roommate Paul, who has a similar wiener-like shape, but taller and with a nose, lips and pronounced nipples, cocks his eyebrow in bafflement. The dance seems connected to the little Ib-Ubs, tiny four-legged creatures who begin erecting small towers on the floor...