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solar
solar, soler. 1. Garret, loft, or Rood-loft.2. Private upper chamber on the first floor, often in a cross-wing, of a medieval house.3. Bay-window, almost the size of a small room, at the side of the high-table end of a medieval hall, or attached to a late-medieval withdrawing-room or... Read more |
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Greenock
Greenock , city (1991 pop. 58,436), Inverclyde, W Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde. Greenock is a port, and shipping and shipbuilding are major industries. Others include engineering, textile manufacturing, sugar refining, and the production of office equipment. Greenock is the birthplace of James ... Read more |
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Rehoboth
Rehoboth, Namibia, USA 1. Namibia: originally Anis ‘Steam’ because of the hot springs here. In 1844 it was given a biblical name by a German missionary, who built a church here as the centre of a mission station. The name means ‘Large Spaces’.2. USA (Massachusetts):... Read more |
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Faneuil Hall
FANEUIL HALL FANEUIL HALL, a historic Boston structure fondly called "The Cradle of Liberty," because of its association with American Revolutionary figures Samuel Adams and James Otis. William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass spoke in the Great Hall room, where the colossal painting... Read more |
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Operating Room
Operating room Definition An operating room (OR), also called surgery center, is the unit of a hospital where surgical procedures are performed. Purpose An operating room may be designed and equipped to provide care to patients with a range of conditions, or it may be designed... Read more |
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White House
White House official name of the executive mansion of the President of the United States. It is on the south side of Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C., facing Lafayette Square. The building, constructed of Virginia freestone, is of simple and stately design. The porte-cochere on the north front,... Read more |
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Ogden Nash
Ogden Nash 1902-71, American poet, b. Rye, N.Y., studied at Harvard. He was popular for a wide assortment of witty and immensely quotable doggerel verses, ranging from urbane satire to absurdity in their subject and rhyme. For several decades his work appeared regularly in The New Yorker ... Read more |
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Chicago Defender
Chicago Defender The Chicago Defender was founded in 1905 by Robert Sengstacke Abbott, a journalist and lawyer from Georgia. He started the newspaper with almost no capital and worked out of the dining room of his landlady, who supported him during the first years of operation. The paper was... Read more |
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Banta Corp
Banta Corporation 225 Main StreetBox 8003Menasha, Wisconsin 54952-8003U.S.A.Telephone: (920) 751-7777Toll Free: (800) 291-1171Fax: (920) 751-7790Web site: http://www.banta.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1901 as George Banta Printing CompanyEmployees: 8,500Sales: $1.54 billion (2005)Stock... Read more |
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Use, beauty and longevity. (artist William Morris)
...best places to see Morris's work and understand...important early Morris commission is still...Originally called the Green Dining Room, what is now known as the William Morris Room is a fine ... |
 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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Family Treasure; SOME of the more startling stuffed animals have been...
...Lancelyn Greens see no need...the laundry room. The reception rooms are decorated...the drawing room, setting...In the dining room is a wallpaper in a William Morris design...to other ... |
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Authentic Arts and Crafts: the legacy of William Morris and his circle is as...
...the blues and greens of Morris papers and fabrics...helped his friend Morris to set up the...present for William and Janey Morris (there is also...taste. Every room is hung with...usually a shade of green; ... |
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`We Thought Arts and Crafts Meant Macrame and Making Pottery'
...glass skylight and the green tile fireplace with...Stickley furniture for the dining room and William Morris's "Willow" wallpaper...geometric pattern of the dining room skylight. He also...of the craftsman. ... |
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HARLEM STYLE: An African American Show House Aims For The Limelight
...University. Their room melds a sophisticated...designers Gail Green and Cheryl Flanagan...Crafts-style dining room. Gustav Stickley and William Morris furnishings are...s own guest room is a ... |
 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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Devon Divine; No cars, just donkeys, and a main street that drops 400ft to...
Byline: BECKY MORRIS Between us, my...trashed our hotel room more efficiently...with top-to-toe William Morris fabrics and furniture...pudding of fresh green basil ice cream...the corner of the dining room in ... |
 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Rare wallpaper designs bought.
...created and inscribed by William Morris have been acquired...and in the actual Morris & Co. wallpaper...plasterwork in the museum's Green Dining Room, or "Morris Room", decorated...long ... |
 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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home/essay : WHY I LIVE IN A SMALL HOUSE.(Green Central New York)
...excellent views of the Green Mountains and Lake Champlain...the wall between the dining room and kitchen, eliminating...used on a daily basis. William Morris said, "Have nothing...University College at Oswego. William ... |
 "The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)")
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AN ARTS AND CRAFTS COTTAGE A GARDEN WRITER AND AN ARCHITECT CREATE A USEFUL...
...with lots of rooms and a low...Crafts pioneer William Morris summed up...the living room's focal...signature matte-green glaze. The...sconce in the dining room and, in...living and dining ... |
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Charles Fairfax Murray: The Unknown Pre-Raphaelite.(Book Review)
...panels for Philip Webb's Green Dining Room at the Victoria and Albert...s association with Morris, Marshall, Faulkner...Murray into contact with William Morris who, according to Elliott...Edward Bume-Jones, ... |
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