Word: swivelling
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...Marc Held, 44, who claims the all but unique accomplishment of having created distinctive products for both the top and bottom of the line. In 1970 Knoll International, the firm that introduced the classic Saarinen "tulip" chair among many other designs, offered the new Held chair, a combination swivel-rocking chair made of leather-covered fiber glass with a rounded base...
...Knesset combines the rough-hewn and informal with the grandiose. The legislative chamber, in which the 120 Knesset members most four days a week, contains simple beige swivel chairs arranged in concentric half-circles behind long curved desks. The ceiling is high and majestic, but the wall is carved in an abstract relief symbolizing peace; an incomplete circle represents the city of Jerusalem which was still split by barbed wire when this new seat of government was constructed...
...guess, but on the other hand China's transportation system is pretty varied. There are no privately owned cars; the buses and trolleycars in the cities are jammed, though people insist on giving up their seats to foreigners. The trains between cities are beautiful, with lace curtains and swivel chairs and stewardesses serving tea. But since not many people ride the new American 707s or old Russian planes with ventilation systems that let in the clouds, their schedules are pretty flexible. You call ahead about the flight and then wait at the airport till the weather's right. When...
...tour and rope steers. "It's cheaper than golf," he says, "and it really relaxes me in a way. I love to compete and I go to win." His office even has a sawhorse with horns attached to one end so that he can practice from his swivel chair...
...Kennedy caused heads to swivel when he was shown to a seat near the front of the church. Lady Bird Johnson was in the congregation. Alice Roosevelt Longworth, the 90-year-old daughter of Teddy Roosevelt, walked gracefully to her seat, back straight, huge black hat firmly in place...