Word: rustication
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...always had trouble finding someone to care for their son Pascal, now six. The isolated, rustic life was too quiet for young women. In the small town of Bohin, 125 miles away, a widow named Edmee Blin, 72 but active, found herself "absolutely alone on this earth." Her only son was dead, and she desperately needed companionship...
...world's most expensive cup of coffee. Funakoshi readily concedes that it is not so much the quality of his coffee (a home-blended brew of charcoal-roasted grains freshly ground for each customer) or the decor of his establishment (a narrow, dark wooden hut decorated in rustic Mingei style), as the defiantly exorbitant prices that attract hordes of tourists to his coffee shop...
That set the stage for the latest chapter in the case, which began last Wednesday night when an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union, Norman Siegel, 29, flew from Washington, D.C., to Seattle, then drove 145 miles to Goose Prairie, Wash., site of Douglas' rustic summer retreat...
Hidden away behind the high green fences and thick belts of trees, the compound-with its acres of lush lawns, gleaming silver birches, dark pines and carefully tended beds of flowers-looks like a weekend hideaway for members of the Soviet elite. But there are no rustic dachas (summer homes). Instead, the tranquil enclave is filled with space-age hardware: laboratories, giant centrifuges and flight simulators...
...Gloucester Men, a look at our rustic neighbors to the north, with special attention to their traditions, legends, and culture of the long, high ships. Channel...