So busy are most investment banks, after Bank of Scotland's bid for National Westminster Bank, that finding an analyst able to comment on British banking is about as easy as finding British beef on a French dining-table.
Still, we really liked a lot of the ideas and chose to focus on projects that could be done quickly, such as placing battery-operated lights in jars or vases in the windows instead of faux candles and filling clear-glass ornaments with confetti to hang on white tabletop trees as part of the dining-room-table centerpiece.
High-backed dining chairs in the Prairie style of Wright sit around a dining-room table.
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The dining-room table was set for two: placemats, plates, polyester napkins blooming from industrial-strength wineglasses.
We sat at the dining-room table, which the Prokopis had made from the slats of champagne barrels.
She consulted frequently with her hand mirror, another fixture on the dining-room table, alongside the pristine place settings.
In the same way that a dining-room table can be terribly lonely when not in use, the garden table often finds itself a rather forlorn piece of furniture.
Individual disputes simmer quietly around the dining-room table.
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The colors beiges, grays, taupes are also characteristic of the designer's palette, and most of the furniture, such as a round wooden dining-room table and a lacquered black bookshelf, is influenced by the simple lines and textures of 1930s and '40s Italian architecture.
Mr Dorrington said his fiancee "thinks I'm nuts" and would like to start using their dining table - currently home to the stadium - again.
There is loss in efficiency--it now takes 34 worker-hours to make a dining room table, up from 25--but Green thinks that price is worth paying.
Most of the furniture, a blend of classical and contemporary, is custom-made, including a three-piece dining table with a finish of faux shagreen, or stingray hide.
He created 3, 500 square feet of ultra modern, zen-inspired indoor living space that includes a glass-paneled kitchen, remote-controlled dining room table and master bed, and a living room atrium open to the sky.
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Winstead, the cook, sets up a metal dining table that seats six--something I've never seen on a camping trip before.
Once, Krieger was dining at a farm-to-table restaurant when the system crashed.
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As a sport that was originally played as an after dinner game on the dining tables of 19th-century English homes, table tennis seems to have come full circle as a social activity.
Their 900-square-meter, single-story house includes several A-cero custom designs, including the dining table and the couple's bed.
Above his dining table, a 1976 Jasper Johns silk-screen in blues, yellows and reds jumps with syncopation.
In another representative encounter, an eight-year-old girl sat down at the dining table.
The furniture is minimal: There is a long dining table painted chartreuse and small, bright-blue Chinese peasant cloth pillows sit on two white couches.
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There is a metre-high oil painting of actress above the dining table and a photo of her on the fireplace in the lounge.
He'll set the hot pan on the dining table and invite his guests to dig in family-style.
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Outside, Ms. Reid designed a galvanized steel-and-mahogany arbor covered with wisteria over a large outdoor dining table next to the studio, to give domesticity to the metal work space and connect it to the house.
There are ornate, carved, four-poster beds, large oak chests and cabinets, pewter dishes, a dining table and chairs.
Barney Frank went on to call her comments vile, contemptible, nonsense, and said that this would be - you know, arguing with this lady would be like arguing with a dining room table.
Buyers can still get formal dining rooms or living rooms if they prefer, although the new space can accommodate an 8-to-10 person table.
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