Word: cladding
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...over by Swedish designer Lars Nilsson in 2001. DIED. JOHN GOTTI, 61, Mafia don and godfather of one of the most powerful crime families in America, of throat cancer; in a prison in Springfield, Missouri. Gotti, who had a proclivity for money and women, was a smooth-talking, scrupulously clad gangster christened the "Dapper Don" for his fashion sense. He took over the Gambino crime syndicate in 1985 after masterminding a Hollywood-style slaying of its boss, Paul Castellano, with the help of his head honcho, "Sammy the Bull" Gravano. Gravano turned state witness and testified against his boss; Gotti...
...service opened with a series of prayers after the Class of 2002, clad in cap and gown, marched through the Yard...
Last September, a few days after buying a bank in the Philippines, Japanese businessman Genta Ogami arrived at its Manila headquarters and summoned his top executives. Clad as usual in head-to-toe Versace, Ogami informed his newly appointed Japanese officers how the local staff should be introduced to their new boss. "I want you to tell them there is but one messiah, and he is Genta Ogami," he declared, his surgically enhanced face conveying dead seriousness. He turned to Kensuke Inoue, a trusted associate whom he had installed as bank president, saying, "At this point, I want the speech...
...souk. Burlap sacks of sandalwood, red saffron, rose petals and golden nuggets of bakhur, or incense, pack miniscule shops, some barely large enough to hold their proprietors. Rows of unlabeled glass bottles, filled with fragrant oils, are the basis for Omani perfumes. In the shops, Omani women, clad from head to toe in black, extend hennaed hands to select and combine their favorite scents. An Omani woman may be quiet and modest when she walks past, but her signature aroma can't be missed...
...these devices is rapidly becoming fact, and Ada - a room-sized artificial intelligence system on show at the 2002 Swiss National Exhibition in Neuch?tel until Oct. 20 - is living proof. Developed at the Institute for Neuroinformatics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Ada is a mirror-clad room outfitted with its own electronic eyes and ears that is capable of interacting and communicating with visitors. A matrix of ceiling cameras monitors guests as they move about inside the room, while directional microphones pick up sounds ranging from whispers to shouts. Even the floor is equipped with pressure...