• Rather, the impotence of earthly rulers in the face of nature says much about the House and Senate financial reform bills currently undergoing reconciliation.

    FORBES: The "True" Legend of Canute

  • At the time, some critics felt threatened by the design, calling it "cold" and "barren, " but most lauded this experiment in blurring the boundaries between house and nature.

    WSJ: The Greening of a Midcentury Classic

  • When you get referred to see a hospital consultant, would you like a letter to be dictated and posted in an unsecured manner to a mail room in a hospital pushed round on a mail cart, opened by somebody processed and then a postcard sent to your house regarding the nature of the appointment and where you should turn up?

    BBC

  • On the sequester, when you agreed to the two-month extension as part of the fiscal cliff deal, sort of the rationalization for the short-term nature of that was to give Congress and the White House time to come up with a solution.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • The only time I remember missing out on a movie in the days of DVDs was when the power went out at my house, which says something about the connected nature of the public cloud.

    FORBES: AWS Power Outage Raises Questions About Reliability Of Public Cloud

  • The government says current house swap schemes are "patchy" in nature and the new National Home Swap database will be open to all eight million tenants in social housing in England.

    BBC: Social tenants in England to get wider home swap choice

  • The mountains, lakes and vegetation have a myriad of colours from greens to blues to reds depending on the season, and the horizon is unadulterated nature, not a house in sight.

    BBC: In Mayo, quintessential Ireland holds on

  • The international auction house said the first quarter is traditionally a loss period because of the seasonal nature of the art auction market.

    FORBES: Sotheby's Q1 Sales Up 17%

  • Aalto's mission was to build a house as expressive of nature as the one in Bear Run, Pennsylvania, and he succeeded.

    WSJ: The Finnish Frank Lloyd Wright

  • He much approves of the 18th-century English aristocrat who moved out of his crumbling pile in order to admire, from his new house on the hill, how quickly wild nature took control of the elegant rooms he had lived in.

    ECONOMIST: Dust and decay

  • Elevated wooden walkways connect the great house to guest rooms and the villas, and nature is on display day and night, including a herd of more than two dozen elephants that visit frequently.

    FORBES: Four Seasons Hotels Expands To Africa And Luxury Safaris

  • If music of a more divine nature is calling, make for the Gospel Brunch at the House of Blues (3950 Las Vegas Blvd S.) where uplifting Sunday morning church tunes accompany a down-home feast of grits, jambalaya and key lime pie.

    BBC: Viva the other Las Vegas

  • The house, still full of Hemingway memorabilia, is owned by The Nature Conservancy, which is considering making it available for tours and literary events.

    NPR: Will Hemingway Retreat Become an Open House?

  • They also didn't really understand the nature of the mortgages that they were issuing and the degree to which falling house prices would translate into very large delinquency and default rates on those mortgages.

    NPR: IndyMac Collapse Fuels Fears About WaMu

  • O.s liked having a house guru, a firm whisperer, on call, and the nature of the relationship gave Bain an interest in something that other consulting companies had little reason to care about after they collected their fees, which was whether the advice they sold actually helped the company do better.

    NEWYORKER: Money Pol

  • Speaking on Tuesday, White House counter-terrorism chief John Brennan would not be drawn on the nature of the operation to seize the device, instead describing the aim of the FBI investigation into the device.

    BBC: Al-Qaeda Yemen plane bomb plot foiled by 'insider'

  • White House Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest responded by releasing a statement defending the secret nature of the meeting.

    CNN: Obama tees off with Tiger but lack of access irks press corps

  • Do not underestimate the strength of Mother Nature: if your elected officials and weather experts advise you to evacuate your house, do it.

    FORBES: As 'Frankenstorm' Threatens, Last-Minute Ways To Disaster-Proof Your Home

  • The beautiful vistas at Hempstead House are surrounded by the various trails cutting through its former grounds, now a 216-acre nature preserve.

    BBC: The Great Gatsby��s Gold Coast

  • Is the White House trying to push more of a green economy -- caulking for cash, and things of that nature?

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

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