Word: slenderly
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...Laurentiis' fans pose that question to her constantly. At a recent Q&A with 400 people in San Jose, Calif., the first questioner asked, "How do you stay so slender?" Everyone laughed. "How many of you want to [ask] that same question?" De Laurentiis wondered. At least 50 hands went...
...VIENNA: With slender, frosted-glass partitions, lots of whitewash, and modish furnishings in cheery blues and reds, Austrian Airlines has created an appropriately airy ambience at its Business Lounge Plaza in Vienna. The second-story space overlooks the tarmac and features a particularly well-equipped business center, Zen-inspired dried floral arrangements and walls decorated with playfully large depictions of spring flowers and clouds...
...VIENNA: With slender, frosted-glass partitions, lots of whitewash, and modish furnishings in cheery blues and reds, Austrian Airlines has created an appropriately airy ambience at its Business Lounge Plaza in Vienna. The second-story space overlooks the tarmac and features a particularly well-equipped business center, Zen-inspired dried floral arrangements and walls decorated with playfully large depictions of spring flowers and clouds. HONG KONG: It's been open for seven years, but The Wing - Cathay Pacific's stylishly minimalist lounge at Hong Kong International Airport - has lost none of its flair and continues to appear at, or near...
...style. In Canada they glide in them to whack a street-hockey puck. And from London to St. Petersburg, preteens use them as alternative transportation. They're Heelys, and the brand is on the move. But how does a company with $40 million in annual revenues and a slender marketing budget expand to more than 60 countries in less than five years without getting lost? HSL Inc., launched in late 2000 with one product, posted U.S. sales of more than $36 million last year--an increase of 250%--and about $2.4 million in Europe (up a respectable 200%) while...
...been awarded a MacArthur "genius" grant, praised by John Updike and Jonathan Franzen and compared (by this magazine) to Ralph Ellison and Toni Morrison. So it's a bit of a surprise to find that his third novel, Apex Hides the Hurt (Doubleday), is a rather modest affair, slender and conceptual in nature. Wouldn't this be the moment, tactically speaking, to kick out the jams with a massive, world-electrifying tome? It's also a bit of a surprise to find that it's pretty...