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...Drouot, 9 rue Drouot (33-1-48-00-20-20). This is a true Parisian auction house. It's very moving when you see an entire estate for sale?from paintings to dish towels. Plus, it's really a very wide range of social classes all mixed together...
...sophistication. In short, mirrors are good for more than checking for spinach in your teeth. Williams-Sonoma Home's Mirrored Bar, below, is a perfect example of a creative way to use the reflective material. Mirrored inside and out, it lends itself to easy versatility, fitting in with a wide variety of décor styles. Practical and good looking? There's a reason decorators in the know are raving about the stuff...
...cosmopolitan party includes a wide range of international guests, among whom at least a dozen languages are spoken. But rather than being a source of chaos, this polyphony is what makes the story so beautiful: friendships and romances are established between guests who do not speak a common language. Guests and terrorists alike begin by relying heavily on a translator, but relationships soon blossom and transcend language altogether...
...wooden desk, adjusts his round glasses, and rubs his facial hair. He makes eye contact with no one. Brand new stick of chalk in one hand, giant eraser in the other, he turns his back to the class and with dramatic, Van Gogh chalk strokes, he divides the wide blackboard into four squares...
...outside, the clock strikes the hour. As students pour from nearby classrooms, they pause to peer, wide-eyed, into the windows of room 109. They take advantage of this rare chance to snatch a glimpse of the notorious Math 55. Fascinated, their eyes explore the encoded chalkboard, entrancing them with its odd arrangement of foreign symbols, formulas, and proofs...