Word: sleeked
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...only place that’s hopping here is the computer cubicles—all three are occupied. These study cubes are a cut above the wooden chair and desk set that comes with an undergrad room. Fax machines, iMacs and sleek silver chairs exemplify the center’s melding of science, design and overworked grad students. Though the lounge may be dead on weekday afternoons, the place becomes popular around 5 or 6 p.m., reports first-year graduate student Michael Fuerstman, who is studying physical chemistry. Fuerstman says he hits the center at least once...
ELLE'S ULTIMATE WEDDINGS Style: Chic and sleek, hardly any veils Wildest look: A Vera Wang minidress, the sleeves longer than the skirt Suggested wedding gift: A $10,000 badger blanket Genre-busting advance: The bride models don't smile Unique advice: Bridesmaids' dresses don't have to match...
...Paris, Galeries Lafayette has renovated its food department, Lafayette Gourmet, to include not just Le Chênevert, but also Le Bar Rouge, a sleek bistro with stainless steel communal tables and a blackboard menu offering grilled fish, sausages, salads and hearty soups to a business lunch crowd. Not to be outdone, rival Le Printemps has introduced several new restaurants, including The World Bar, decorated by designer Paul Smith, and Bar 01, which is staying open until 10 p.m. on Thursday evenings hoping to keep young shoppers inside the store. "If there is a good restaurant, customers will stay...
...Kirkus applauds "The Emperor of Ocean Park," the much-buzzed-about first novel of Yale law professor Stephen L. Carter (Knopf), giving it a rhapsodic starred review. "This sleek, immensely readable first novel by Yale law professor Carter, author of such provocative nonfiction as 'The Culture of Disbelief' and 'God's Name in Vain,' is custom-designed for the kind of commercial success enjoyed by John Grisham's 'The Firm' 11 years ago...a melodrama with brains and heart to match its killer plot." First printing...
...stores next month, is the first camera I've tested that fills the bill. Indeed, it's the first Nikon camera to be engineered around the design, rather than the other way around. It's about the size and weight of a smooth-edged deck of cards, and its sleek blue-and-brushed-metal look really sets it apart from the pack. Call it the iPod of digital cameras, a comparison it deserves, not just for form and looks but also for its admirable ease...