Word: sleeked
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Buddhists are arming themselves?and not just in the villages. Every Sunday a Thai businessman drives his armor-plated car to a navy firing range outside Narathiwat town, where he and other local Buddhists practice how to shoot. While a bank manager and a bookshop owner blast away with sleek Italian-made shotguns, the businessman?who doesn't want to be named?takes out a Walther PPK pistol and deftly peppers a target with bullets. "Want to try?" he asks through wisps of choking cordite. "We are being victimized and killed every day. The government has no power to stop...
...Dallas banker, returned from a vacation to Tokyo and Hong Kong in 2001 raving as much about TV sets as about ancient temples, towering skyscrapers and exotic food. A self-proclaimed tech geek, Gale scouted out electronics shops and was mesmerized by flat-screen TVs. Their monstrous sizes, sleek designs and flashy displays were perfect, he thought, for watching his favorite Dallas Stars charge down the ice. "I'd never seen anything like them," he says of the TVs. "They were just phenomenal. As soon as I got back to Dallas I was thinking...
...infamous shirts, which come in baby tee and long-sleeved options ($15) in addition to the classic tee ($10), are snow white with sleek blue writing...
...flows with the rest of the house," the home-furnishings website Nurseryworks has commissioned midcentury modern--style cribs, above, changing tables and rocking chairs from California-based designers Glenn Lawson and Grant Fenning of Lawson-Fenning, as well as graphic bedding from Rosemary Hallgarten. Both offer high functionality and sleek design. Now the nursery will look just like a Neutra design...
...cover is cheap ($3-$5), the décor is sleek and the crowd is hip. Every other Tuesday, the traditional karaoke DJ is replaced by the five-piece Nickel and Dime Band, which gives Lounge patrons the opportunity to fulfill their rock-star fantasies. A wide assortment of music, from Outkast to Queen, gives performers the freedom to show off their pipes any way they please. The Milky Way also boasts the inexpensive Bella Luna Restaurant and a set of retro bowling lanes...