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...Lalique Vibration Oblong vase ($2,295, lalique.com...
...sense of renewal, simply because I had a precious moment of freedom when I was not under the watchful eyes of the guards. At daybreak, we were awakened by a guard shouting, ''Get up! Get up!'' The shutter of the small window on the door was pushed open. An oblong aluminum container appeared. A woman's voice said impatiently, ''Come over, come over.'' When I took the container, she said, ''In future, stand here at mealtimes and wait.'' She also handed me a pair of bamboo
...criticized for skewing intelligence analysis on the Soviets to suit hard-liners in the Reagan White House. More than 30 Democrats--10 of whom are still in the Senate--opposed his nomination to be CIA director in 1991. Gates went into his confirmation that year carrying a small, white oblong stone in his pocket, a memento of a hike he had taken in the Olympic mountains the summer before. He wanted a reminder of what he had to look forward to in case his nomination failed. He may want to dig that stone out of his closet. Given the current...
...last time presumptive Pentagon boss Robert M. Gates faced Senate confirmation - for CIA director in 1991- he put a small good-luck charm in his pocket. It was a smooth, white oblong stone he'd picked up while hiking in Washington State's Olympic Range. Gates put it in his pocket to remind him during the tough confirmation hearings that there was life after Washington if his nomination went down to defeat...
...accounts a resounding success, according to Hillel and Chabad event co-ordinators—drew to a close and Andrea Jonas ’08 and Joy Z. Chen ’08 (“not Jews, just aspiring”) conquered their fears and succumbed to the oblong allure of gefilte fish, Seth R. Flaxman ’08 delivered with aplomb the one liner heard more often than smart remarks involving nice Jewish girls–“Nice to be among so many Jews for once. Oh, wait. I go to Harvard...