Word: thompson
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...been to Bangkok, chances are you've done the Jim Thompson House - the gallery and museum set up in the late silk baron's former home, and a mainstay of the tourist trail. So, next time you're in town, head instead to its lesser-known but arguably more[an error occurred while processing this directive] interesting rival: the M.R. Kukrit Pramoj Heritage Home, tel: (66-2) 286 8185,. The Kukrit residence - open only on weekends and national holidays - is one of the best-preserved examples of Thai vernacular architecture in Bangkok. Set amid lush greenery on South Sathorn Road...
...this year,” Murphy said. “He’s a threat to take off with the ball every time he touches it, and that’s always a huge concern.” This is all in addition to tailbacks Marques Thompson and Matt McGowan, who have each rushed for 150-plus yards this season. But the threat of the run should not scare a Crimson defense that has is ranked first in Division I-AA. The team has allowed just 75 rushing yards and has posted 10 sacks for 61 yards...
...tape era. David Frost, a Footlights secretary, would soon launch himself as a TV comedy mogul with That Was the Week That Was and The Frost Report, for which he drew on Oxbridge grads, including all five British Pythons, as writers and performers. (Later Footlighters included Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie, Douglas Hitchhiker Adams and, some sources say, Baron Cohen...
...made them newly available to a wider audience, and the affluence and vibrant identity of the post--World War II generation have inspired marketers to cater to its members' unflagging fondness for their youth. "The repackaging of nostalgia is nothing new," says Syracuse University popular-culture expert Robert Thompson, "but for the boomers, it has reached new heights of industrial sophistication. They grew up at a time when there was an explosion of culture and products designed especially for them, and [those products are] easily resurrected." In fact, some experts say, these reminders of childhood may be so appealing because...
...show on any network and the second-highest-rated drama among the coveted 18-to-49 demo, second only to Lost. McDreamy's picture is plastered on school lockers, cell phones, screen savers and even cubicle walls. "There aren't many characters like him on TV," says Robert Thompson, professor of television and popular culture at Syracuse University. "He's not only a Prince Charming, and a doctor, but he's more complex than a lot of men on television." Sums up Beers: "He's phenomenally appealing for a brain surgeon...