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British interior designer Ilse Crawford has a knack for dusting off traditional English style without succumbing to cliché. For the Olde Bell, a newly refurbished inn in the English village of Hurley, in Berkshire, she combined classic materials like tweed, oak and felt with sleeker touches like Bestlite bedside lamps and modern dining chairs. Guests will find discreet luxuries such as Aesop bath products, retro-style Roberts radios and Windsor rocking chairs. But the real focus at the Olde Bell is the common spaces. "It's all based around the table," says Crawford of the inn's public rooms...
...memoir, but instead will focus exclusively on approximate a dozen of the most interesting and important decisions in the former President's personal and political life" - including his decision to quit drinking, his reaction to 9/11, his response to Hurricane Katrina; and how he found faith. (See photos of Crawford, Texas...
...Weā€™re young and inexperienced against really good hitting teams,ā€¯ said Suter of the young pitching staff. UAB 16, HARVARD 4The Crimson drew first blood in the series with four runs in the fourth inning. After struggling to solve lefty Shay Crawford (2-1) the first time through the lineup, Harvardā€™s sluggers found a groove as Stack-Babich, Albright, Douglas, and sophomore Sean Oā€™Hara alternated singles and doubles. By the time Zailskas ripped a single through the left side, the Crimson enjoyed a 4-0 lead.Despite a strong outing...
...sign hangs on the toolshed. Dozens of shoes adorn the picket fence, their soles pointing streetward in solidarity with the Iraqi journalist who threw his footwear at Bush. Late in the afternoon, a long black limousine slides across the nearby railroad tracks, but it is only a group of Crawford High seniors off to celebrate prom night in nearby Waco. North of town, the pasture dubbed Camp Casey in honor of Sheehan's fallen son is deserted; Christmas wreaths shaped like peace signs still hang on the gate. An 18-ft. (5 m) steel sculpture, Freedom's Angel of Steadfast...
Down the street at the Red Bull, manager Jamie Burgess prepares to close up shop after a slow day. In the past year, three Crawford souvenir shops shut down for good. "We were the first ones to open and the last ones standing," she says with a laugh. For her, the Bush years were a worthwhile experience. "Before, when people came to Crawford, it was for [high school] athletic events, they were kin to someone or were just lost," she says. "Now I have met people from all over the world." And while some came in anger, she says...