Word: sanctum
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...chanted. As disco music played, those seated near the curtained hallway to the back and left of the stage gasped when an elegant black hand briefly parted the curtain. An older black woman in an Obama t-shirt, bright kerchief and big glasses had a view just inside the sanctum; she hopped to her feet and waved her hands like she had just seen Elvis. The hand outside the curtain waved and pointed to her with an ironic, hep-cat flick of the wrist: Right...
...pieces and breaks out the lint roller. A layer of white dust, the remnants of the sacrificial teddy bear, covers everything in the room. The design must be clean so it can be fitted to the model, who is soon to arrive. Hays and her model arrive at the Sanctum in the nick of time, the latter looking like an alien from the Elizabethan era. The result is beautiful...
...Ironically, the first to arrive in the Sanctum of The Crimson was not a loving fan or bleary-eyed designer, but notorious VES celebrity Orchard Professor in the History of Landscape Development John R. Stilgoe. As he stalked the makeshift catwalk, the lower level of The Crimson teamed with last minute activity. Thea S. Morton ’06-’08 was taping, Kathleen H. Chen ’09 was pinning, Lucy W. Baird ’10 was chatting with her model, and Alexandra M. Hays ’09 was... nowhere to be found...
...After being bowed out of the Sanctum, a review of the scorecards ensued... and they were blank. Out of principle, the two humanities judges declined to give numerical scores...
Franziska and Gerhard Flögel are a middle-aged German couple who love and collect art. In early July they traveled to this remote cove in northeastern Spain to visit the creator in his studio. They toured his inner sanctum in appreciative silence. They marveled at his unusual materials, his precise execution, his sheer ingenuity. And then, like everyone else at El Bulli, they sat down and ate the master's work...