Word: woodenly
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...Australian [Open] this year and had a chance to chat with him a little bit. When we talk, he always says stuff like "Tell me about 1962!" Or, "Tell me about those wooden rackets!" He's a great historian of the game and is always curious. There's such a contrast between our eras. When I took off in 1956, it took three days to get from Sydney to Rome. Now they do it in half...
...morphed into full-blown guilt. Clemence Gautier, an intellectual-property consultant with law firm Tilleke & Gibbins, took me on a tour of Bangkok's Museum of Counterfeit Goods, a 1,070-sq.-ft. (100 sq m) Aladdin's cave of thousands of illicit products. Incongruously chic, with its polished wooden floor, shimmering glass display cases and subdued lighting, the museum is incorporated into the firm's offices on the 26th floor of downtown Bangkok's Supalai Grand Tower. (Read about the war on knockoff bags...
...then return to Knysna and spend a memorable night in an elevated treetop suite at the Phantom Forest Lodge, tel: (27-44) 386 0046, where a heart-stopping sunset and endless views of the Knysna Lagoon greet you from your glass-encased forest bathroom and wooden deck...
...late '90s. But a 1997 test by Tennis Magazine found that 6 ft. 5 in. (1.96 m) Australian Mark Philippoussis served at an average speed of 124 m.p.h. (200 km/h) with his own graphite racket, and an only slightly slower 122 m.p.h. (196 km/h) with a classic wooden racket...
Think of Kyoto and you think of ryokan. But for visitors who want an alternative to the traditional inns, while still retaining a sense of the city's celebrated history, refurbished local machiya hold plenty of promise. Most of these simple wooden merchant homes, dating back to Japan's Meiji period (1868-1912), have been demolished or become dilapidated, but Iori, a conservation company founded by author and Japanologist Alex Kerr, is working to save those that remain. It currently has 10 fully refurbished properties available, ranging from a tiny intimate house sleeping two to a rambling mansion...