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...Its garden is a relaxed mix of semi-formal beds with herbs, wild-flower areas, woven hazel and Welsh oak gates and garden furniture....
...Patio furniture and riding lawnmowers were among the “big-ticket”items that were selling particularly well, according to Home Depot....
...A toxic corporate culture drags down workforce morale and can be a bombshell waiting to explode....
...To further boost morale the Ministry of Information even helped transform Shakespeare’s Henry V into a glossy movie starring Laurence Olivier....
...Having recently moved to live at my parents’ farm, I was eager to do my bit to boost morale....
...His work is very Japanese [and] his furniture gave me many hints about furniture design,” he said....
...Victoria & Albert Museum Cromwell Road The V&A returns as the LDF’s official hub and host of the Global Design Forums — a series of talks, including Merel Bekking on “Brain Manufacturing”, which explores...
...Design is critical, and there are multiple solutions to the 3D jigsaw puzzle of business class: yin-yang; staggered herringbone; “stacked-V”. Jamco’s DoveTail seat has a layout like parquet flooring....
...A morale-boosting 89 per cent of the lots found buyers, and big prices were set for blue-chip British names: David Hockney, Lucian Freud, Peter Doig and Francis Bacon....
...Producer: So I’ve optioned a real-life David v Goliath struggle from London, England, where an Average Joe stock analyst is battling Citi over the fate of mines and trading empire Glencore....
...Meanwhile, in the US, the fabric was sold to more than 200 designers via Greeff Fabrics Inc. Yet it wasn’t always obvious that it was destined for such success....
...There is also a dedicated “A/V bar” for those with questions about purchasing video art and the technicalities of displaying it....
...“Neither would be possible using any other technology or technique,” says Jana Scholze, the V&A’s curator for modern furniture and product design. “This represents a new design language.”...
...At the heart of the Sachs collection is a series of pop art works by Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann and Roy Lichtenstein that he acquired in the late 1960s and early 70s....
...‘Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990’, V&A Museum, London, September 24-January 15, www.vam.ac.uk Exhibition supported by Friends of the V&A with further support from Barclays Wealth...
...Sebald; Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather; A House for Mr Biswas by V.S....
...Jonathan Arnold, for services to English furniture makers. Paul Ashley, chairman, Clark Door, industrial door maker.Peter Atkins, for services to journalism. Kate Atkinson, author....
...“There have been a lot [of product launches] under Kraft, for example the Spots v Stripes Challenge Bar as part of the Olympic campaign,” he says....
...“They say: ‘When a wife wants to make a choice between a painting, a piece of furniture or a jewel, you can see where it is going to end’.”...
...But the Budget has bolstered morale....
...Roy Jenkins, in his biography of Winston Churchill, described the letter as “terrifying”, which it must have been – both for the writer and the recipient. “My darling,” Mrs Churchill began....
...Among the best items is a Roy Lichtenstein screen print called “I Love Liberty” (estimate $20,000-$30,000) while lesser lots include Arturo Herrera’s “pulp” painting “Mine” ($10,000-$15,000) and a 1938 Louis...
...It acquired SCS Upholstery, a bankrupt chain of UK furniture stores....
...The Chicago Architecture Foundation River Cruise, tel: +1 312-922 3432, www.architecture.org Showcase kitchen The Victoria and Albert Museum in London already has extensive ranges of furniture and accessories...
...Games can also increase productivity and morale. Call centres could perhaps be improved by introduction of game elements such as scoring, ranking and awards....
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