Word: light
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...seem to preserve the primal character of the earth from which they're made. They're so uneven that you'd think they'd wobble if set on a table. Instead of pattern or fine painting, their surfaces are all drips and cracks that, contemplated in the dim natural light of the teahouse, may suggest large natural events. One of the most beautiful bowls in this show, black glaze on a gritty brown ground, has an almost thunderous gravity that suits the name bestowed on it by earlier owners, Amagumo, or "Rain Clouds...
...piece by Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele "Throwing the Game" [BIG MONEY & POLITICS, Sept. 25] focused attention on a problem of growing concern to the collegiate athletic community. Gambling on amateur sporting events, including college games and the Olympics, is a serious problem. This report brought to light the tragic cases of young athletes whose careers have been ruined and whose actions have caused a cloud of scandal to hang over the colleges and universities they attended long after the incidents of game fixing and point shaving occurred. But even if there weren't scandals, we believe...
...increase over the first quarter. In Continental Western Europe, the trend is even steeper: 27 deals worth $3.84 billion last year, up from three deals worth $224.3 million in 1998. Significant transactions include KKR's $940.5 million acquisition of British conglomerate Wassall, whose primary holding is Thorn Lighting, a manufacturer of light fixtures; and the $1.4 billion buyout of the German bathroom-fixtures maker Friedrich Grohe, led by BC Partners...
...makers of Pay It Forward know misery must be occasionally relieved. They give Spacey some funny curmudgeonly lines to snap in his American Beauty way. They let him hide his worst scars under his shirt, so they are revealed only when Hunt finally, gently touches them in the half-light of her bedroom. And Osment gets a couple of moments to reveal his inner Beaver...
PERCHANCE TO DREAM For every traveler who ever doubted that melatonin could help jet lag, here's new research confirming that the supplement is one potent pill. High doses were given to blind people who had no ability to perceive light and dark and as a result suffered profound sleep disorders. After just two months, all the patients were sleeping more restfully and returned to normal body rhythms. For melatonin to work for sighted frequent flyers, it must be taken at specific times during the day, depending on which direction they're traveling and how many time zones they cross...