Word: spruceness
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...goals with the project are to spruce the Common up, to enhance it," she said...
...Virtual Makeover CD-ROM ($39.99) may be geared to women looking for a quick, noncommittal way to experiment with their hair and makeup, but it's being sold by Sega Soft as a coed toy. And once America's protogeek sees what a good stylist can do to spruce up his look (those bangs! that pallor!), we're sure it will find a home on his hard drive...
There is art to diplomacy, certainly, but is there diplomatic art? Absolutely. The State Department's Art in Embassies program provides American paintings, sculptures, drawings--even weavings--to U.S. ambassadors who want to spruce up their residences and look tasteful and patriotic. Through agreements with an array of institutions, artists and collectors, the program encourages ambassadors to become their own art dealers, selecting works that strike their aesthetic fancy. Among the most chosen artists in the diplomatic service: Childe Hassam, Maurice Prendergast, Edward Hopper, Mark Rothko, Jacob Lawrence, Morris Louis, Andrew Wyeth, Robert Rauschenberg, Dale Chihuly and Helen Frankenthaler. Says...
...listen also to Robin Katz of Madbury, New Hampshire, whose mailbox was choked last year with come-ons from power companies offering everything from cheap rates to light bulbs to spruce seedlings. Says Katz, a recent engineering graduate from the University of New Hampshire: "It was quite confusing...
Huizenga wants to institutionalize the no-haggle car purchase, spruce up car lots, give unhappy buyers full refunds, offer used-car buyers decent warranties and generally make the car-buying experience easier to stomach. These are not new ideas, but Huizenga plans to carry them out on a scale that would literally transform every aspect of car retailing. This is a glimpse of Wayne's Auto World, where the same formula that has revolutionized video and trash will be put to work on wheels...