Word: shelf
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However, your eyes stop at a giant wooden shelf with only one thing on it—an old Yiddish typewriter. “That was given to my wife, who is a novelist and a philosopher, Rebecca Goldstein,” explains Pinker regarding the offbeat decoration. “It might have been used by Isaac Bashevis Singer—it’s from the teens or twenties, and this is one of our prized possessions...
Ultimately the Porters decided to go with the least expensive option, commissioning the placement of two rows of brass bars in front of each shelf of books, using already existing holes in the bookcase, she said...
...older." Back at the café on Tong Chong Gai, he appears to be correct. Loretta, 16, orders her lunch of laksa, a curry noodle soup. She says she likes the variety here. Plus, she says, "it's new." Vivian, 17, picks a temaki roll off the shelf and says she comes here because it's cheap. "They don't want to spend much money on lunch because they want to save it for entertainment," she says, referring to the friends around...
...applauded by Friedman, Walmart has resolved to change its way of doing business for the sake of the future of the planet. The company has required its suppliers to reduce packaging to protect the environment and is trying to boost sales of energy-efficient lightbulbs by giving them more shelf space and better placement in stores. In July it announced it is developing a sustainability index that will one day show consumers at a glance how green its products are. (The initiative will be run by a consortium, coordinated by academics and supported in part by companies such as Procter...
...magnetic pull of District 9—the aforementioned slum on the outskirts of Johannesburg—the movie deftly draws the audience in with conflicting tales of message and mayhem. This is not, however, an easily struck balance. While the action is terrific and the drama is top shelf, each is potentially hindered by the other’s presence. Copley’s acting and the combined CGI innovation of Image Engine and producer Peter Jackson’s Weta Workshop foster an unbelievable amount of sympathy for the strange insectoid aliens, but this achievement is often clouded...