• Pairing a standing mirror and a table to create a vanity is hardly a new idea in fact, it's how the earliest designs were constructed.

    WSJ: The Un-Vain Vanity Table

  • His kitchen contained a claw-foot bath, a stove and a table.

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  • Among the pieces the couple has collected, one of his favorites is a set of chairs and a table whose stepped legs are reminiscent of inverted Deco skyscrapers.

    WSJ: Decorating in Deco

  • Palm Beach (852-2980-4822) has quirky accommodation in the form of teepees, as well as plush safari tents that sleep six and are kitted out with air mattresses, bedding sets and a table and chairs.

    BBC: Beach camping in Hong Kong

  • They divided the north wing, originally a ballroom, into a media room with a large-screen television and a room decorated with sports memorabilia, a bar and a pool table.

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  • Aboard the train, guests discover spacious, wood-paneled suites, each with a bed, two upholstered lounge chairs and a writing table on which is set a bud vase with a rose.

    FORBES: The Rail World

  • At theguestchef.net, customers can view a short biography of the chef, peruse the menu and book a table.

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  • And, again, to go back to the Michigan speech, it was -- said a little bit of it last night, but I think the notion that -- what we lose in a debate that is overly charged and overly personal is the ability at some point to all sit together at a table and come to a good conclusion on solving some of our most serious problems.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • But what has enraged prohibitionists more are posters inside bars and hotels which show the actor, wearing a cap and dinner suit, sitting at a table with a plate full of banana chips and a bottle of the branded whisky.

    BBC: NEWS | South Asia | Trouble brews over alcohol ads

  • Banks and other credit card issuers found it to be entirely and lucratively to their advantage to set up a table and some koozies on a college campus.

    FORBES: Credit Card Companies Want Your Kids. A Lot.

  • Escorted to our room by an elegant receptionist, the folds of whose sari swished across the checkered marble floor as she walked, we passed through a library lined with teak and rosewood bookshelves and furnished with a table inlaid with marquetry of breathtaking intricacy and skill.

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  • This weekend also brings the NFL combine, a spectacle of running and jumping and fitness evaluation that pretty much proves that football fans would watch NFL personnel sit at a table and eat a bowl of peas.

    WSJ: Oscar Night vs. Sports

  • For awhile, you could go to any restaurant in the city, and get a table.

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  • He also added bachelor pad touches like sports memorabilia and a pool table.

    FORBES: Connect

  • We surveyed the terrain and ran a table of five bearish funds.

    FORBES: Follow through

  • World Press Freedom Day 2012 is celebrated in Mongolia with a one month long discussion on media freedom and a round table meeting organized on 3 May.

    UNESCO: Celebration of World Press Freedom Day in Mongolia

  • Most campsites, unless you're miles away in the back country of, say, Yosemite National Park, are equipped with a grill and a picnic table, which is helpful for preparation.

    NPR: Forget The Granola: Camp Cooking Goes Gourmet

  • One night I dreamed of an angel: I walked into a huge, empty bar and saw him sitting in a corner with his elbows on the table and a cup of milky coffee in front of him.

    NEWYORKER: Clara

  • Naturally it is a lot harder to sit around a table and applaud a big creative breakthrough and a lot easier to present and agree on ideas that already exist because the chance of group ridicule is smaller.

    FORBES: Rediscover Your Creative

  • You can even seat visitors on a low sofa across the room and place a coffee table in front of them.

    FORBES: Want Collaboration? Watch Where You Sit.

  • Curtains can be opened and shut by pushing a button, and a long coffee table can be raised until it becomes the dining room table.

    NPR: 'Future Home' Adds Ease to Living for Everyone

  • When Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad two years ago, he did so in a living-room setting with a Corbusier armchair and a Saarinen side table, framing the tablet as a device of leisure.

    WSJ: iPad as Sous Chef

  • There are hooks on one wall to hang a sleeping bag and a spot on the opposite wall for a fold-down table and foot restraints so astronauts can use a laptop computer.

    BBC: A space of one's own

  • Every single profile page for field staff and volunteers had a data table for and charts showing how each of them performed over the previous 30, 60, and 90 days.

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  • There's a Noguchi coffee table and a collection of chairs with modern lines designed by architects, including Frank Gehry's Power Play chair, which looks like it's made out of wood shavings.

    WSJ: Where Art and Architecture Collide

  • Are you aware of the fact that the union and management have a huge issue on the table regarding wages and a strategy to address ways to keep these jobs in the middle class?

    FORBES: Hey, Mr. President: Here's What Happened to American Jobs

  • Most impressive was the museum demo, in which a wall and table covered in codes becomes a Jurassic landscape.

    ENGADGET: Canon MREAL Mixed Reality headset hands-on (video)

  • She had a glass-top table and a white leather sofa and we hung in the doorway and leaned against the walls, killing time while waiting for her.

    NPR: Excerpt: 'Then We Came to the End'

  • Where the piece convinces me is where it talks about the economic crisis, and a general sense that people are looking for a bit of pleasure and comfort, and shared pleasures around a table, rather than the "individualism" of going on a diet.

    ECONOMIST: European politics

  • They're looking for Democrats and Republicans who are willing to sit around a table and work together to provide solutions to problems like health care, the rising cost of health care.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

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