Word: woodenness
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...Aside from a few paintings by the transatlantic practitioners of Neo-Romanticism, a gentler version of Surrealism, this is a show about stuff. One of the first things you see is a 6-ft.-long (2 m) wooden model of the Normandie, that floating showcase for Art Deco and French luxury that was once the classiest way to go between the two cities. Nearby are modernistic silver serving pieces and other shipboard relics. A striking 1934 photomontage advertising the Normandie shows it sailing through Times Square past the Art Deco Paramount Building. Art Deco - that decorative fusion of Art Nouveau...
...Stanislaus Kostka, protesters are learning the mundane lessons of church occupation: Bring your own toilet paper. Dress warmly against the nave's meager heating. And no matter how just your cause, don't expect a decent night's sleep on St. Stan's hard wooden pews. Built by Polish immigrants in 1902 and named after a 16th century Polish Jesuit novice, the church is profusely decorated with statues, stained glass, mosaics and hand-painted biblical scenes; a depiction of the Black Madonna of Czestochowa is richly decorated with diamonds, pearls and other jewels donated by parishioners. Until last month...
With its medieval architecture, well-manicured greens and charming wooden punts, Cambridge University is renowned for its beauty as well as its academic rigor. Yet for one visiting American in the 19th century, the elegant surface of Victorian Cambridge masked a culture of debauchery where students indulged in heavy drinking and solicited prostitutes in between jaunts to the library...
...gotta be in it to win it, and an estimated 32 million people will be in it this year as the San Ildefenso children draw numbers from large gold drums in the Grand Salon of the Spanish National Lottery in Madrid. One of the drums contains thousands of wooden balls each with a unique ticket number. The smaller vessel contains 1,787 balls displaying a cash amount. Waiting crowds will yell "Gordo! Gordo!" as each prize is matched up with a ticket number, and hope for a little extra stimulus money amid the global financial crisis...
...scarves and pulled hoods over their heads. Ten minutes later, they penerated a group of students that had veered off from the 7,000-person march, and, using that group as cover, rushed police officers blocking off the street next to parliament. As the students pounded large wooden flagpoles against the shields of the riot police, the anarchist youth started throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails at the cops, who responded with tear gas. At least one police officer was treated inside the halls of parliament, as the heart of government was turned into an impromptu medivac center. (See pictures...