Word: spare
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...gorgeous photos of - Barcelona, London, New York and Paris. Amsterdam and San Francisco are next. The guides' writers convey the "vibrant and idiosyncratic experience" of each city, and they take the reader off the beaten path. Craving chocolate in the Catalonian capital? Try Cacao Sampaka, a "beautifully spare shop interior full of dark chocolate-colored wood." Dare to venture beyond Manhattan? Fuel up at the Brooklyn Inn, where you can "argue about Kierkegaard" with regulars. But note how to get there before you set off: these large-format guides will be too big for some folks to tote around...
Some a capella leaders disagree and argue that Harvard’s musical student body has singers to spare...
Peters has a point. A report on Iraq to the U.N. Security Council last year stated: "The deficit in electric power as a result of damage inflicted and nonavailability of spare parts and equipment for maintenance is a serious problem throughout the country. The network continues to deteriorate." The Council on Foreign Relations/Rice University study estimated that "rebuilding Iraq's electrical power infrastructure could cost $20 billion to restore its pre-1990 capacity." Many oil experts spent last winter publicly debunking the Administration's assumptions on oil, pointing out that 12 years of sanctions had left the industry...
...It’s impossible not to love [Elephant by] the White Stripes. Their music recalls the raw sound of the ’60s blues and rock bands. On this, they finally achieve a really full sound that’s incredible given their spare instrumentation. Blues, metal, garage, whatever you want to call them: the White Stripes make simple but refreshing music. This album is a classic, and I can’t wait to see them live in November...
...spare Bush in his appraisal of the President’s domestic policies...