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The guests will enter the East Wing to a wall of oversized fans that spill onto the floor, a piece of art and a metaphor with “the small end representing the beginning of life, and each pleat the many paths our lives can take,” Mr. Elizondo said.
A more formal room may call for drapery with lavish pleats, but for the relaxed, traditional look Arnold usually prefers, he likes to keep it simple: “I’ll do a single pinch pleat just an inch or two from the top” — in other words, a stitched fold wherever he plans to add a drapery hook for hanging.
Former Luton Town boss David Pleat hailed a "remarkable achievement" by the current side after they reached the Championship play-off final.
"The manager's done wonderfully well, the recruitment is superb," Pleat told BBC Radio 5 Live Sport.
Pleat, now 78, managed the Hatters in the top flight of English football in the 1980s and 1990s.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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