| 单词 | spruce up |
| 例句 | Like Digger, he wore blue jeans and an untucked T-shirt and didn’t appear to have shaved or in any other way attempted to spruce up his appearance. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “I want to spruce up our apartment, make it feel more like home. But on a tiny budget. I have a list of ideas.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Being in New Orleans had made me spruce up my dressing a bit. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z No matter how much sprucing up we did, that warehouse was not pretty. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z After their grease- monkey morning, they spent the better part of an hour sprucing up in the lavatory of the garage. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Last summer my mom and I spruced up the old cupboards with a coat of high-gloss white and threw down some chunky black and white checked linoleum. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Before appearing in public with Toscanini, however, Shirley had first to spruce up his cage. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z “Is that bad? Maybe they’re downsizing. Or redecorating. My dad says knowing what to throw away is the single most important thing about sprucing up your home.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “How about this? I’ve been at Chuck’s all morning, helping him replace the transmission in his old Plymouth Barracuda. Let me spruce up a bit, and I’ll be back down.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z For the rest of the night, Houseman and Stewart labored over the script, adding details, sprucing up dialogue, and building suspense. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Carrie Watson, Chicago’s foremost madam, decided her own operation merited a little sprucing up. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Got any eggs?” asked Rooster Jim, all spruced up in mostly clean clothes. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He and his young colleagues began taking on civic improvement projects, sprucing up parks and other neglected public spaces with murals and brightly painted fences. A Bruised San Bernardino Shows Cultural Stirrings 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z In fact, Pantone recently used Honeysuckle paint on one wall to spruce up the entry to its headquarters, she said. Vibrant pink named 2011's Color of Year 2011-01-12T14:57:04Z Beloved though it was, it needed sprucing up. The Italian Cafe Where New Yorkers Sample La Dolce Vita 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z This holiday season, impress family and friends with any of these thoughtful and unique gifts to spruce up their living environs. 10 décor gifts that make perfect Christmas presents 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z And local communities and businesses benefit because artists spruce up their shops and bring in a new crowd, he explains. High street art 2011-06-21T11:12:53Z Here in a city with one of the nation’s highest foreclosure rates, a project called Living Walls commissions artists to spruce up recession-hit neighborhoods. Putting a Good Face on Street Art, to Upgrade Atlanta 2012-08-18T02:56:36Z Looking for a way to spruce up your home decor that will also protect the environment? 9 ways to be green without also being broke 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z Yale was thinking mainly of sprucing up the Commons complex when it approached Mr. Schwarzman for help. Stephen A. Schwarzman Gives $150 Million for Yale Cultural Hub 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z The yellow house, when it is moved and spruced up, will face it on the other side of the Low Garden’s terrace. Inn at Little Washington offers peek at its carefully concocted grounds 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z Mobile toast This is an attempt to raise cash to create a mobile street-food stall by sprucing up the knackered-looking bike of a chef in Hackney Wick with a pedigree in toasting sourdough bread. Foodfunding: Weird and wonderful culinary projects that need your money 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z And costumes for actors playing all of those Thomas Jeffersons and George Washingtons and Eliza Schuylers had to be spruced up and in some cases refitted. How Broadway’s set-making guru is tackling the comeback — from mold in stage fog to costumes that don’t fit anymore 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z For another fun option, try sprucing up the finished flatbread with ricotta cheese, a sprinkle of chili flakes, prosciutto, torn basil and some lemon zest, per a recommendation from Reddit user u/joyeux_prankster. 10 frozen pizzas to pick up from Trader Joe’s right now, from Tarte aux Champignons to cheese pizza 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z The same with French wine outside of Bordeaux and Burgundy; places like the Loire and Beaujolais spruced up their reputations to become a new must-have item for wine nerds. When it comes to wine, weird is the new normal — and that’s for the better 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z The exiled Luciano is here, spruced up and on the hunt for treasure, aided, perhaps improbably to some, by — yes — a king crab. ‘The Tale of King Crab’ Review: In Exile, Both at Home and Abroad 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Recent college grads minding an investment home owned by Kelly’s parents, they just want to spruce up the place, a spacious desert residence, but objects simply won’t stay put. Movie Review: ‘The Apparition,’ With Ashley Greene and Sebastian Stan 2012-08-24T22:43:08Z Hoover notes that these signs work well for sprucing up a gift plant. Print your own gardening accessories 2013-05-18T15:00:00Z Their flat-screen triptych “Temporarily Embarrassed,” made in the grim aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, shows three Inland Empire houses at various price points, each being spruced up for reentry into the real estate market. 'The Gildless Age': A different tale of the '1 percent' at the Torrance Art Museum 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z This is an enclave spruced up but still rough around the edges, transitioning before our eyes. Where to go for dining and drinks in Portland? It’s rocking across the Willamette 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z The ride is a mere 55 seconds to the 86th floor observatory, which has been spruced up. Renewing an Affair With the Empire State Building 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z The excellent Franz Hawlata’s booming bass resoundingly establishes the cantankerous side, while later, spruced up in white tie, he expresses concern for his bride with lyrical poise. Review: 'A Silent Woman' With a Big Voice 2010-07-27T11:30:00Z Mr. Ives, the author of Broadway’s kitten-with-a-whip comedy “Venus in Fur,” has begun a profitable sideline in sprucing up plays from the French classical era. Theater Review: ‘The Heir Apparent,’ by Way of David Ives 2014-04-10T02:00:01Z To some extent she’s shielded at her Jewish high school from artificial attempts to spruce up Hanukkah along the lines of Christmas, sparing her from feeling that Hanukkah is Christmas’s dowdy older sister. Motherlode Blog: Tough Choices This Hanukkah (Holiday) Season 2011-12-26T21:18:24Z Titian does not actually need to be compared with or spruced up by any living artist to be made "relevant" because in any sense that matters he is a living artist, right now. Titian doesn't actually need sexing up – the week in art 2012-07-06T11:17:18Z The town is sprucing up the Manly Scenic Walkway that winds through a large nature preserve. Weekend in Sydney 2010-04-08T21:06:00Z But she is not averse to efforts by Bronx artists and merchants to spruce up the area. The Rebranding of the Bronx 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z In “Rubies,” you could see how Mr. Villella had spruced up early phrase endings with a staccato toe-tap as the leg changed position from side to back, a marvelous, precise counterpart to the music. Suzanne Farrell Coaches Pacific Northwest Ballet Balanchine 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z Looking to spruce up your vanilla cake recipe? Celebrate May flowers with Giada De Laurentiis’ 5 most budget-friendly spring recipes 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z But thoughtful details — white window shutters, wrought-iron handles on closet doors, and a flannel blanket secured to the wooden headboard — subtly spruced up an otherwise monochrome room. Check In : Hotel Review: Topnotch Resort in Stowe, Vt. 2014-02-12T17:40:17Z Bill Stasyszen of Shelbyville, Kentucky, who was strolling down the alley with his wife before ducking into one of the bars, was delighted to hear the alley is getting spruced up. Famous Nashville country music alley gets facelift 2011-09-18T17:45:08Z Despite Hollywood's uneven track record sprucing up fairy tales for contemporary audiences, the trend doesn't seem to be in danger of dying out anytime soon. 'Maleficent': How does the fairy-tale update stack up? 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z The $35 million program has allowed the city to spruce up 45 play spaces in that time. Fighting childhood obesity, one playground at a time 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z Travel clocks to spruce up the side table. T Magazine: It's Go Time! 2012-11-06T16:18:38Z Bring in Tom Joad to spruce up your “Of Mice and Men” movie? ArtsBeat: Tempting Fate and Tolkien Purists, Peter Jackson Adds Orlando Bloom to 'The Hobbit' 2011-05-27T18:57:42Z A fan shows off the shoes she had an artist spruce up with a Twilight theme. Leave Twilight fans alone! 2010-07-17T12:59:00Z Try some or all of these landscaping ideas to spruce up your yard. 10 Tips for a Beautiful Yard 2014-04-29T14:50:37.253Z Trying to spruce up its public image before the 2008 Summer Olympics, China embarked on a program of enforced self-improvement in which citizens were meant to change their ways on the spot. Review: In Susan Barker’s ‘The Incarnations,’ Lives of Despair (Past and Present) in China 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z Getting spruced up will make you feel so much better, more positive and most definitely more attractive and desirable – this goes for both of you. The secret to... rediscovering sex after having a baby 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z Memo to models-slash-salesmen: spruce up your résumés, and start working on your abs. Paris Fashion Week: The Americanization of the Rue St.-Honor? 2011-03-09T23:16:55Z The Beeb's comedy portal has recently been spruced up to compete for your laughter time against the likes of Funny Or Die, Adult Swim, The Onion and the almighty YouTube. Internet picks of the week 2010-05-28T23:06:00Z Its renovation program not only spruces up historic structures, it also adapts them to modern life. In Barcelona, Making the Markets Fresh Again 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Next for the Tuscan capital are plans to restore the banks of the Arno River and spruce up the city’s largest park. 45 Places to Go in 2012 2012-01-06T17:44:12Z Workers on Tuesday were sprucing up the home. Jackson's mother to attend tribute at boyhood home 2010-06-22T23:05:00Z Assemble a group of neighbors to help spruce up their yard or hang holiday lights. Want to be a great neighbor? Here are 9 things etiquette experts say you should do. 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z Despite repeated rejections during that time period, Bruce and McCarten continued to spruce up the writer’s screenplay -- just in case Hawking changed her mind. 'Theory of Everything': Getting Jane Hawking's permission 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z And Ben has already done his part to spruce up the block by planting a thin tree across the street. ‘Concerned Citizen’ Review: He Cares a Lot 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z She is the author, sort of, spruced up. 'Mozart in the Jungle' on Amazon gets good after woeful pilot 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z This is the standard, “first it was the artists” narrative of gentrification, albeit a little spruced up, and the unspoken but the understood word here is “white.” Gentrification’s insidious violence: The truth about American cities 2014-04-08T18:34:00Z The room has been spruced up, its four seasonally themed trees eliminated and a giant Alexander Calder mobile, “Three Segments,” hung from the ceiling. The Pool, a Seafood Restaurant in the Former Four Seasons, to Open July 19 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z Historical attractions have also been spruced up, from the gleaming facade of the majestic Duomo to the restored canals of the charming Navigli district. 52 Places to Go in 2015 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z I thought maybe in 10 years, there might be a DVD version where they might go, Hey, maybe it’s worth a couple dollars if we spruce up the Snyder cut. Zack Snyder’s Rough and Tumble Ride With ‘Justice League’ 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z Often overlooked, the garden was recently spruced up with thousands of new roses, repaired pergolas and paths. 2010-01-29T05:21:00Z "Most audiences are savvy enough to know that in the moviemaking process, some facts get ironed out into half-truths, and fictions are added to spruce up the narrative arc," said Village Voice columnist Michael Musto. Fact or fiction? Facebook film the latest "truth" tale 2010-09-29T18:39:00Z That was two years ago, and now bone broth, spruced up with the Brodo label, is everywhere. Broths to Restore and Revive at Brodo 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z A shortage of decorating materials meant many were in need of sprucing up. Bawden and battenberg: the Lyons teashop lithographs 2013-07-12T12:00:00Z But as in the spray-can graffiti world, many also accept commissions from public or private organizations to spruce up the streetscape. | Graffiti Made of Plants, Not Paint 2014-05-02T17:36:09Z Even the city’s dowdy, underused central square and adjacent waterfront have been spruced up for lounging and strolling. What to Do in Lisbon 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z As restless renters and homeowners search for ways to spruce up their living spaces during the pandemic, they often find themselves in the paint-swatch aisle. How to make that DIY paint job look more professional 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z It has been modestly spruced up for this Roundabout Theater Company version, but the staging retains elements of the stripped-down aesthetic that fits nicely into the show’s rustic groove. Theater Review: ‘Violet,’ Starring Sutton Foster, Opens at Roundabout 2014-04-21T02:00:12Z Bedier doesn’t expect fans will notice any differences entering the arena, which already employs metal detectors, beyond more clearly marked entrances and some new wood paneling aimed at sprucing up the exterior. Tacoma Dome shutting down this summer for $30 million renovation 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z A bold new fashion idea was the reworked bolero jacket with curved shoulders, often spruced up with inflated arms. Chanel heads up imaginative, spirited day of shows 2012-10-02T22:56:10Z The government hopes the measure, the first of its kind in Europe, will encourage restaurants to prepare their dishes from scratch and spruce up the standing of French gastronomy. France forces labels on restaurants to save homemade cuisine 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z They’re simply sprucing up the “Bonnie and Clyde” personas they first explored in a hit duet more than a decade ago, but who are Jay Z and Beyoncé really robbing in 2014? Beyoncé, Jay Z redefine ‘guilty pleasure’ on this tour Along with two business partners, he is sprucing up a resort town that holds a hallowed place in gay lore, but had started to sag with age. Up Close: Guardian of the Pines 2011-05-25T20:25:53Z Clearly, it is star-magnetizing material, a juicy tale of revenge spruced up with political and moral overtones. ‘Death and the Maiden’ in Chicago, Starring Sandra Oh 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z Entertainment legends like Cher, the redoubtably glamorous grandma in “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again,” which arrives in theaters next month, do their utmost as well to spruce up the image of aging. The Glamorous Grandmas of Instagram 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Shellac’s removal entailed wearing acetone-soaked sleeves — which took 10 minutes, as advertised — and notably little sprucing up. Soak-Off Gels: Nail Color That Lasts Up to Two Weeks 2010-04-19T21:55:00Z Here are five ways to spruce up your scrambled eggs. 5 ways to turn basic scrambled eggs into an eggsquisite breakfast 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z At the Y, volunteers are expected to put in at least two hours of time performing varied maintenance projects or general sprucing up of the Y facilities. Practical Traveler: Budget Excursions for Volunteers 2011-07-13T15:01:50Z The renovations will address vital maintenance problems, expand the classroom and studio space, and spruce up the exhibit areas. Judge approves Corcoran Gallery of Art plan to partner with National gallery, GWU Vienna Modern art spruces up Austria’s imperial capital. 45 Places to Go in 2012 2012-01-06T17:44:12Z They’re mobile pieces, easy to move from room to room, and one of the quickest ways to spruce up a dull space and express personal style. Small-space living: The best accent chairs for small spaces These days, however, the northern Syrian city of Aleppo is acquiring a renewed appreciation of its monumental past, sprucing up its historic Citadel and medina with the help of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture. Five Reasons to Visit Aleppo: Silk Road Splendor 2010-12-09T14:05:00Z Almost overnight, this forgotten barrio off the tourist path was spruced up with flower arrangements and evolved into a shopping destination that balances art and culture with handmade artisanal goods by local designers. A Spanish SoHo Springs Up in Seville 2012-09-28T18:15:46Z Instead, she spends her days sprucing up the interior, doing things like contemplating changing the walls from muddy gray to sunshine gold and worrying about the structural integrity of the auxiliary kitchen sink. Review: Mother!, Ambitious and Dorky, Is Sure to Be Divisive 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z During the tennis tournament parts of the park are considerably spruced up, with more police presence. Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens, a Borough?s Backyard 2011-08-25T23:54:43Z If you want to be a spornosexual, you buy gym membership, protein and some expensive photography equipment to spruce up your Instagram feed. Metrosexual, hipster, spornosexual: Why do we keep redefining men? 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z ABC’s programming chief suggested a more glamorous prize for the winner to spruce up the show. “Gonged at Last”: game show impressario and author Chuck Barris dead at 87 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z Everything on screen looks good and period-appropriate, if also too manicured, as if the past had been digitally spruced up. | 'My Week With Marilyn': ?My Week With Marilyn,? With Michelle Williams - Review 2011-11-22T17:12:23Z Former aides said Priebus would drive to coral reef conventions in Secaucus, N.J., to procure specialty fish, spend thousands sprucing up the tank and ask staffers to regularly maintain and clean his work tank. Trump got evicted from ‘the swamp.’ Some of his people are trying to stick around. 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z Near the Pyramids complex, streets were being cleaned and spruced up ahead of her arrival, but hardly any locals were around. Melania Trump wraps first solo international trip in Egypt with comments on Kavanaugh and Ford 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z A simple sprucing up, including new upholstery, might cost several thousand dollars, Murray said. I’ve seen bad antique restoration stories on TV. How can I find good work? 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Whether you're hoping to grow your own vegetables or just spruce up your yard with vibrant spring flowers, one of the best ways to plant them is in raised beds. 10 nifty raised garden bed ideas we’re stealing for our yards 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z The city was barren of trees until Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev commented on the lack of vegetation during a visit, spurring officials to start sprucing up business districts. In the Bay Area, the Grateful Dead will live — and twirl — forever 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z The onset of the Olympics and this weekend's diamond jubilee celebrations has prompted a massive sprucing up exercise across London, and the results are coming thick and fast. Constructive criticism: the week in architecture 2012-06-01T16:08:11Z It’s like assembling a jigsaw puzzle with pieces from many copies of that puzzle — pieces that sometimes need to be shipped from France and spruced up in Los Angeles. The Race to Save the Films We Love 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z New Market looked spruced up, as if it anticipated a visit from the cousins over in Timberville. Almost heaven, West Virginia: Driving country roads in search of America today 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z But "Beauty and the Beast," the greatest animated film ever made and one of the screen's great musicals, hardly needs this sort of sprucing up. Bewitching 'Beauty and the Beast' now in 3-D 2012-01-12T21:16:08Z "Default" tosses plenty of buzzworthy ideas into the mix, but at its heart it's a run-of-the-mill hostage thriller, spruced up as found footage with Somali pirates. 'Default' a hostage thriller that demands little attention 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z In Ireland, Dublin is sprucing up its museum lineup with new high-tech sights. What’s new in Britain and Ireland for 2018 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z It’s not over the top, but it’s definitely still spruced up. Car of the Week: 2012 Mercedes-Benz C250 2012-02-04T18:16:05Z I've been meaning for ages to spruce up and expand my collection of theatrical cards: I keep sending particularly teasing items. We're all going on a ... 2011-07-30T23:04:12Z So, we need to spruce up the house and cook some of the main dishes. Thanksgiving Wins a Convert 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z Waterstones has spruced up its website “on a shoestring,” Mr. Daunt said, and it now accounts for 5 percent of sales. Can Britain’s Top Bookseller Save Barnes & Noble? 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z “They’ll help spruce up profiles and make prompts funnier or sound more honest or self-deprecating.” Looking for Nice Jewish Guys With ‘Standards’? Click Here 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z But now it’s prettily spruced up and cheery in the August sunlight, and the idea that someone would be following you with suspicious intent is just ridiculous. In Berlin, it’s a whole new city, but the Wall’s traces remain Historical attractions have also been spruced up, from the gleaming facade of the majestic Duomo to the restored canals of the charming Navigli district. 52 Places to Go in 2015 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z It’s just about impossible for this scene not to be adorable, but parents often spruce up the photo op with custom backdrops, outfits and balloons. What Bao Bao has in common with other 1-year-olds in D.C. Speaking on "Fox & Friends Weekend" on Feb. 5, 2022, DIY expert Chip Wade shared ideas and products we can use and buy right now to spruce up our homes or apartments in time for spring. 'Fox and Friends Weekend' shares home improvement secrets as supply chain issues continue 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z On Friday evening, though, some dancers attempted to spruce up the place a bit. Review: ‘Dancing Through the Bronx’ Allows Local Artists a Moment in the Sun 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Everyone pitched in to spruce up the house and prepare the family’s favorite foods, such as candied ginger, a warming northern Vietnamese nibble, and candied coconut ribbons, a signature treat from the south. Tet Is Full of Traditions, but You Can Have It Your Way 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z Until it arrives, be content with sprucing up our sanctuaries as bulwarks against chaos. First Waco, now you: Chip and Joanna Gaines are fixing up America next 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z It depends instead on the right bells and whistles that will spruce up a party-sized can of diced tomatoes like baubles and bulbs on a Christmas tree. How to make salsa that'll make you wanna double dip 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z A move towards sprucing up town centres is one of the movie’s more surprisingly accurate predictions. Back to the Future Day: what Part II got right and wrong about 2015 – an A-Z 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Tyler knew he had to spruce up Sherwood Forest to keep pace with her appetites. Sherwood Forest, home of John Tyler, 10th president 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Like a family who is unhappy with the carpet at their rented apartment, we decided to spruce up the place. Creativity From the Chaos of Hurricane Maria 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Folks are stocking up on plants to spruce up their home office space and even to bring an exotic air to their staycation space — many houseplants, after all, hail from tropical rainforests. In a time of shelter, the houseplant rises to the occasion 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z There is a sense afoot that Mr. Rosen would like to spruce up the Four Seasons space for a new chef and a new name. The Fate of the Four Seasons Hangs in the Balance 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Whether you're looking to spruce up your own bar, or looking for gifts for that cocktail aficionado in your life, these are our favorite small-batch bitters producers. Three small-batch bitters for better cocktails (and desserts, too) 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z But the soap, now spruced up and shot in HD, is in "rude health", according to Reynolds. Coronation Street blasts into the future on its 50th birthday 2010-12-06T07:00:00Z On the city’s narrow streets, private owners are sprucing up 1920s and ’30s shop houses and corner buildings and turning some of them into bars and cafes. Next Stop: A Pocket of the Past in Battambang, Cambodia 2011-12-15T21:22:50Z Apart from in the occasional American-style pancake or spruced up scone, buttermilk rarely gets a chance to shine in our cooking. Buttermilk recipes: The big tang theory | Ruby Tandoh 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z It hasn’t been spruced up with exhibits and an audio tour. Outside Chicago, historic Old Joliet Prison is open for tours — at least for now 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Each year the Bowl gets a little more spruced up, all the more attractive for picnicking and partying. At the Hollywood Bowl, Gustavo Dudamel and Lang Lang do their bit for cultural healing 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z Festivals sprucing up their food options with chefed-up offerings is the new standard. Why Pickathon, Portland’s beloved ‘fantasy island’ music festival, is not your average fest 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z Now, finally, their debut album is about to arrive, with My Rock'n'Roll spruced up and rolling in immense waves of guitar. Film-and-music-playlist 2010-09-16T22:50:00Z Located in another overlooked Miami neighborhood that’s being spruced up, the MiMo district, Red Light is situated alongside a canal in which manatees — and the occasional alligator — swim. 2009-12-31T18:01:00Z To help you spruce up your “holds” list, here’s a quick roster of books by Seattle-area authors that I’ve either already read, am reading or hope to read. Fall books: Six must-read titles by Northwest authors 2013-08-23T21:23:08Z And though they date back decades, recently spruced up arcades still attract visitors with architectural curiosities, quirky boutiques and hip hang outs. Escape the Chill in Prague's Passages 2010-03-19T11:01:00Z In her later years she spruced up her looks with plastic surgery — which she never shied away from acknowledging, or making jokes about. Remembering Phyllis Diller: Stand-Up Comedy Pioneer 2012-08-21T02:50:16Z Mugler used Lady Gaga to spruce up its daring image, though the excitement soon fizzled. On the Runway Blog: Going Their Own Ways 2012-08-24T21:26:05Z He vowed to keep the now scrawny spruce up until all of his six sons are home together for Christmas again. Wisconsin man keeps 40-year-old Christmas tree up until son returns 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z One of the most popular year-round hikes in the Chuckanut Mountains, south of Bellingham, the Oyster Dome trail finally got a needed face-lift — spruced up, rerouted and extended by 0.3 mile. Enjoy last-hurrah hike of summer on rehabbed Oyster Dome trail 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z Today 722 Toulouse is spruced up and operated by the Historic New Orleans Collection, which uses it for its offices. Literary Louisiana 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z He had a childhood roommate: José the audio-animatronic parrot, whom no one knew could still speak until the bird was spruced up for the coming auction. For a Major Disney Collector, It’s the Magic Hour 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z “There’s both a lot of desire to spruce up the home and also a lot of exhaustion,” said Bea Copeland, an organizer and digital video host based in New York. Spring cleaning: How to clear the cobwebs without adding to your pandemic stress 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z Place Garibaldi, the central square, has been pedestrianized and spruced up, while the formerly lackluster port area is filling up with the city’s coolest restaurants and bars. 36 Hours in Nice, France 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z World leaders are arriving in the Indian capital Delhi this week for the G20 summit, and authorities have gone to great lengths to spruce up the city. What do Indians think about the G20 summit? 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Now, with the main summit just two days away, the capital Delhi has been spruced up for what is being called the most high-profile event to be held in India in years. Slums hidden as India puts on its best face for G20 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Looking to spruce up your garden or apartment balcony with a new plant? Gardens blooming with endangered plants could prove a boon to conservation 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z They also saw potential in upgrading the paper’s online presence and sprucing up its historic building in Cathlamet. Family steps up to preserve Wahkiakum County newspaper | Brier Dudley 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z Mona Sutton, a nearby business owner and community advocate, has for years worked to help spruce up the area around the billboard, including helping organize multiple clean-ups. 'Monstrous' San Pedro entry billboard coming down after years of complaints 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Two moribund spots have been greatly spruced up. Is it too late for the Mariners to turn around their season? 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z And you can’t deny that the threat of a rival tour forced the PGA Tour to take steps to spruce up its own house, to the benefit of fans and golfers. PGA Tour shows blood is thicker than integrity after merger with LIV Golf 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z The city’s commercial center was spruced up, with freshly black-topped roads leading to the convention center and power poles lit in the colors of India’s national flag. G20 delegates begin meeting in disputed Kashmir, with region’s intense security largely out of view 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Mayor Bruce Harrell, who OK’d the change, framed it as part of the city’s broader efforts to spruce up downtown, particularly in advance of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game coming to Seattle this summer. You’re about to see this traffic sign a lot more often in downtown Seattle 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Despite a boost early in the pandemic, when quarantined Americans bought items to spruce up their homes, sales soon started to fall precipitously. Bed Bath & Beyond Shoppers Rush to Use All Those Coupons 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z The sprucing up of minor league facilities has not proven controversial in the Legislature. WA lawmakers eye youth athletic funds for minor league stadium upgrades 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z But it languished on a hard drive until his manager suggested he enter Eurovision, at which point it was dusted off, spruced up and put forward for Denmark's selection process. Eurovision 2023: Every song ranked, from Albania to the UK 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Nothing spruces up outdoor entertaining like a unique centerpiece. Don't go chasing waterfalls, unless you want a really cool outdoor feature 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z For this Ramadan, Khalil spruced up her home with lights, lanterns and signs, mostly from small businesses. Lanterns and crescents: more retailers court Ramadan buyers 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z “The tennis courts will be resurfaced and spruced up while we’re there. It’s a way to encourage the growth of both.” D.C. mayor aims to give pickleball a boost in 2024 budget proposal 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z The NFL spruced up its game by moving back the extra-point line, making the PAT a more competitive play and prompting coaches to go for two. MLB opening day offers clocks, shift bans, Ohtani and Judge 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z People who find themselves working from home more nowadays are looking to spruce up their offices, and there’s growing interest in buying used furniture instead of new to keep things out of landfills. Behind the Story: Silicon Valley’s Furniture Hustlers 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z I do not spruce up the cabins only to receive a tip, but since I rarely see the guests, this is one way they can show their appreciation. Advice | Ask Amy: How do I know I’ll be a good parent? 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z For those looking to spruce up their bathrooms, the interior design pros are here to help. Pro tips for upgrading your shower 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z PLAINS, Ga. — Michael Dominick got the call last week that the city’s “smiling peanut” statue that sits on Georgia Highway 45 heading into Plains’ downtown needed to be spruced up. Plains ‘smiling peanut’ gets facelift as residents prepare to say goodbye to Jimmy Carter 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z She could sell if she wanted, and use the cash to spruce up the next bid. When it’s easy to be a landlord, no one wants to sell 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z Gin and fried sage spruce up these chicken breasts. Your Tuesday Briefing: A Bombing in Pakistan 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z Green space has been created on either side of the central mall for recreation, and areas of the college campus widely used by students and staff have been spruced up. In photos: A makeover for 200-year-old India heritage building 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z He spruced up the place during his stay, modernizing the living spaces and decking out the swimming pool with a waterfall, grotto, slide and spa. Albert Pujols is listing his Irvine mansion for $9.98 million 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z They are sprucing up their summer house in purgatory, adding rims to their tricked-out hamster wheel and wearing Louboutins while kicking the can down the road. Perspective | What are the Wizards doing? No, seriously, what are they doing? 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z The community, which bills itself as being for people age 55 and older, offers golf and other amenities, and many of the double-wide mobile homes are well-maintained and spruced up with plants and decorations. Monterey Park toll grows to 11 dead as details emerge about gunman 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z For sprucing up your abode, make a trip to Home Sweet Home Antiques or stop in for gifts and home décor at The Johnson Manor. Anacortes offers much to love on a winter weekend getaway | Provided by Experience Anacortes 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z If you have chosen the kitchen for your next big redesign project, there are a number of stylish ways to spruce up the heart of your home. How to decorate your kitchen counter with style 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z While dating, you spruce up your differences with flowers and strategic lighting, but when you commit, you start thinking major renovations. Advice | Carolyn Hax: Fiance is friendly to everyone. How can I make him stop? 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z But there is also genuine excitement about how it can spruce up a game that almost everyone agrees is not as compelling as it used to be, for a variety of complex reasons. How 2023 rule changes could save Major League Baseball from itself 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Going into the campaign, both fronts pledged millions to spruce up the state's infrastructure, education and healthcare system. Progressives returned for third term in Australia's Victoria state poll 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z Office workers often dedicate an hour to spruce up their areas. ‘Normal thing to do’: Japanese fans tidy up at World Cup 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z Going into the campaign, both fronts have pledged millions to spruce up the state's infrastructure, education and healthcare system. Australia's Victoria state election tightens with Labor ahead in polls 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z The airport authority has added gates, spruced up terminals, and renamed the place. Another airport isn’t the answer to the region’s transportation needs 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Many landlords are no longer willing or able to acquire and spruce up older buildings or build new ones. Why Office Buildings Are Still in Trouble 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Godwin declared as an actor playing a newsroom assistant fetched one to spruce up the anchor team. Shakespeare meets ‘Broadcast News’ in a very D.C. staging of ‘Much Ado’ 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Dorjey pointed out that the village in recent years had received considerable attention as authorities built some prefab huts for nomads and spruced up animal feed facilities. Climate Migration: Nomads move to towns in warming Ladakh 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z In a sign of India’s enduring V.I.P. culture, some relatives complained that the public hospital was too busy sprucing up for Mr. Modi’s visit to help them find their loved ones. A Bridge Offered Relief From Migrants’ Toil, Before Taking Their Lives 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z The retail chain made its mark as a go-to destination for college students decorating their dorm rooms and homeowners sprucing up their kitchens and bedrooms. Bed Bath & Beyond, Trying to Turn Things Around, Names New C.E.O. 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Hanner recalled that Mr. Seper was always sprucing up his resume, just in case the paper’s leadership pushed him over the edge one time too many. Retired Times investigative reporter Jerry Seper leaves towering legacy 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z The client, a tech start-up, was looking to spruce up its office. A.I.-Generated Art Is Already Transforming Creative Work 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z It might be time for the local Chamber of Commerce to spruce up its signage with a splashier tagline: “Welcome to West Seattle, the rock ’n’ roll capital of Seattle.” Is West Seattle the rock ’n’ roll capital of Seattle? 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z Anyone who has been to a Los Angeles park recently knows that parks are in need of a sprucing up. Your guide to Los Angeles' November ballot measures 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Other cities carry their past into the present as an unavoidable burden, sprucing up their edges with beautiful things, new and old, to distract attention. In Scotland, a city’s world-class industrial past informs its present 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z The homeowner association won’t allow it, but feel free to spruce up the inside. With interest rates surging, what does a starter home look like in Southern California? 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z They lived in a small house, which Troy had spruced up with carpet and other materials he procured through his job as a construction worker. How Abbott Kept Sick Babies From Becoming a Scandal 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z Sycamore, orange, avocado and palm trees spruce up the space. Alyson Hannigan sells Encino mansion for record $16 million 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Just as the singer started speaking about a barn he recently spruced up, Zima asked, “Did you get married?” Is that a ring? New Kids on the Block's Jonathan Knight secretly weds partner 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z The estate's green spaces are being spruced up and the street railings painted. London 2012: The legacy of the Olympics 10 years on 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Alternately, you could do your best to spruce up your current iPod to keep it running for longer, something another reader was keenly interested in. The iPod age is over but some of you still have questions 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Landmark said it will upgrade the Playhouse 7’s sound and projection systems and, in the coming months, spruce up the facilities and reseat auditoriums. Landmark Theatres chain takes over Laemmle's Playhouse 7 in Pasadena 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Sellers, naturally, want to spruce up their houses before putting them on the market. From cracked pipes to damp decks: 6 things a home inspector might miss 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Deals on home stuff Using the long weekend to spruce up the homestead? Save on tech and gadgets this Memorial Day 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Voters will decide whether to let the state go into debt for $85 million in bonds to spruce up Alabama’s state parks and historical sites. Offices including secretary of state contested in Alabama 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z They had signed up for Mayor Bruce Harrell’s Seattle Day of Service, which meant sprucing up the city, from picking up litter to painting over graffiti and pulling up weeds from street medians. With closed-toe shoes, 4,000 volunteers clean up in ‘One Seattle Day of Service’ 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z Ultimately, these spectacles landed as showpieces, decor meant to spruce up the place, yet registering like an overblown theme party. Review | Washington National Opera’s ‘Carmen’: High in promise, low on passion 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z Travel firms are going all out to woo vacationers and are taking all possible measures from sprucing up their websites to offering innovative services. U.S. travel firms flex marketing muscle to lure travelers seeking sun and sand 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Now, less than a year later, Sims Legion Park has a gleaming artificial turf field, and the locker rooms have been spruced up as part of a nearly $1 million makeover. The Junior College Team Built by the Pandemic 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Remote workers started sprucing up their homes, especially after stimulus checks arrived. When the Textile Industry Was Forced Out of the Textile Building 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Sprawling lawns and redwood trees spruce up the grounds outside, where a covered patio approaches an infinity pool and spa. Madonna wants $26 million for mansion she bought from The Weeknd 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z In one recent TikTok video, a woman shopping at a Dollar General in Florida credited Ms. Gundel with forcing the company to spruce up the store she shops in. How a Dollar General Employee Went Viral on TikTok 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z Fact-checking organisation Vera Files said in a December report that Marcos was the "top beneficiary" of disinformation online to spruce up his image while discrediting rivals ahead of the start of the official campaign period. In Philippines election, late dictator's son aims to restore family pride 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z Under Cornell’s stewardship, Target had been accelerating its online services such as curbside pickup and same-day services while sprucing up its stores well before the pandemic. Target CEO addresses omicron, wages and shopper habits 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Without warning, Nairobi's Uhuru Park and Central Park were recently closed for three months - officially to be spruced up. Kenya tree felling sparks anger over Nairobi's new highway 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z And the internet furniture store Wayfair rose 150 percent as people nestled down and spruced up their homes. Investors Hung Their Hats on Peloton and Zoom Last Year. What Now? 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z The sawdust-caked space is little more than a couple of brightly lit rooms buzzing with the sound of power tools, but business boomed during the pandemic, as people looked to spruce up their living spaces. From Alabama to California, a trip along the broken supply chain 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Yangon, the former capital and largest city, was transformed as moldering buildings dating back to British colonial days were spruced up or demolished, making way for new roads, industrial zones, shopping malls and modern apartments. Myanmar political standoff leaves economy in tatters 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z Conventional advice might include hiring a career coach for expert advice, reworking the résumé to focus on keywords, sprucing up online profiles, and practicing interviewing skills. Left behind: Millions of Americans still can’t find work | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z For Apple history buffs who want to spruce up their living or bedrooms, it may be a campaign worth investigating. Mac-shaped pillow makers are back so you can cover your couch in computers 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z Conventional advice might include hiring a career coach for expert guidance, reworking the résumé to focus on key words, sprucing up online profiles and beefing up interviewing skills. Perspective | Left behind: Millions of Americans still can’t find work 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z The dispute for council staff came after Glasgow City Council leader Susan Aitken was criticised for saying the city needed a "spruce up" before the conference. New pay deal offered in Glasgow COP26 bin strike dispute 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z It’s a pretty solid collection, with some familiar favorites — along with some, let’s say, less loved games — that have all been spruced up with a more modern presentation. The OLED Switch’s new kickstand was made for Mario Party 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Their call for industrial action came after council leader Susan Aitken was criticised for saying the city needed a "spruce up" before the conference. COP26: Strikes and closures during Glasgow climate summit 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z Disney, however, didn't want to simply spruce up existing suburbs. Walt Disney’s radical vision for a new kind of city 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z Real Madrid took advantage of last year’s pandemic lockdown, when no fans could attend matches in Spain, to spruce up its Santiago Bernabéu. Barcelona to play away from Camp Nou during stadium overhaul 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z While seasonal items used to spruce up villagers’ islands are added regularly, new events have been a bit slower to roll out. Nintendo will reveal Animal Crossing’s next big update on October 15th 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z Across the street from them are two more restaurants expanding: Wood Shop BBQ spruced up its patio for winter dining and soon will knock down a wall to add more indoor seating. A big-name barbecue pit expands and 13 other new restaurant openings around Seattle 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z The government has begun sprucing up downtown facades, and Mr. Hassan’s company, specializes in restoring downtown buildings. Cairo’s Antique Elevators, Glorious and Glitchy, Are Scenes of Love and Fear 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z The Apple Watch is also getting a spruced up Mindfulness app that combines features from the previous Breathe feature with new ways to relax. Apple announces release date for watchOS 8 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Facebook’s software offers you a few options for sprucing up your files, like stitching multiple clips together into neat little “montages,” but the offered tools sometimes feel too limiting to produce the results you want. Review | Facebook’s ‘smart’ glasses put cameras on your face. Everyone around you should be aware. 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Another feature in testing lets you make a stylized image of text on websites, which could be useful to spruce up text you want to share with your friends or on social media. Chrome beta makes it easy to jump between search results 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z WWE is set to spruce up sets, bring back old stars and hit the reset button on TV programming humbled with record-low ratings and a strong need for new stars. WWE leaves virtual reality behind in 1st tour since 2020 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z Dormify, a startup that sells college decor, said headboards are selling out fast as incoming students look to spruce up their dorms. Booming back-to-school shopping season may give retailers lift they need 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z Some people point to someone who’s spruced up the front of the house. Powerball mystery: Someone in this tiny town won $731 million. Now everyone wants a piece of it. 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z In Warsaw, a city of almost 2 million people, restaurant workers cooked food, scrubbed floors, cleaned furniture and spruced up plants got dusty during the months eateries were idled. Restaurants ready as Poland lifts more pandemic restrictions 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z Wiping away dust from bookshelves and mopping grimy floors, teachers and parents across Mexico are sprucing up vandalised schools ahead of the nationwide reopening on June 7. Mexican parents clean reopening schools where thieves took even toilet doors 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z Across France, cafe owners scrubbed down tables and polished glasses on Tuesday while store managers spruced up their windows as the lockdown-weary country prepared for a new easing of coronavirus constraints on retail businesses. COVID-weary French cafes, stores impatient for new lockdown easing 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z Garden centres and flower shops also reported monthly growth of 7.4% as those stuck at home more during lockdowns spruced up their outdoor spaces. Retail sales picked up ahead of lockdown easing 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z Lawns, gardens and citrus groves spruce up the tropical grounds. Vice’s Shane Smith sells compound for $48.67 million, a Palisades record 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z Northrop Grumman MEV-1 was Northrop’s first docking success last year, a breakthrough in its goal to spruce up dead or dying satellites and save satellite operators the cost of replacing them altogether. A robotic spacecraft just latched onto an active satellite in orbit 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z Plus, many homeowners are staying put after refinancing to a lower mortgage rate and cashing out equity to spruce up their homes. Ready to buy a home? The trick is finding or affording one 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z Across France, cafe owners scrubbed down tables and polished glasses on Tuesday while store managers spruced up their windows as the lockdown-weary country prepared for a new easing of coronavirus constraints on retail businesses. COVID-weary French cafes, stores impatient for new lockdown easing 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z She spruced up the stores and added 15 more. The Gambling Company That Had the Best Pandemic Ever 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z Reynolds wanted to project when the tobacco giant signed on as NASCAR’s sponsor in 1971 and proceeded to streamline the schedule, spruce up the tracks and name the top division the Winston Cup. Why NASCAR turned Bristol into a muddy throwback to its dirt-track roots 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z Gardens and citrus trees spruce up an entertainer’s backyard with a swimming pool, fire pit and dining area. Walton Goggins gets $3.665 million for vintage Hollywood haunt 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said the £56m fund would also "spruce up" high streets and help councils welcome visitors back safely. Covid: Plan unveiled to 'spruce up' coastal areas and high streets 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z Trees, turf and gardens spruce up the space. Stephen Curry sells one of his Bay Area homes for $1.4 million 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z Sometimes, we have a backyard movie night, intentionally spruced up with the soda, popcorn and Twizzlers we used to buy in theaters. Column: We can finally see the end of the pandemic. We just need to not implode before we get there 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z It’s being spruced up thanks to a partnership between DeFouw Automotive, the Lafayette Parks Foundation, J&T; Recovery and the city of Lafayette. Indiana zoo’s long-time train to get new paint, restoration 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z For the sake of argument, say history repeats itself and the infrastructure bill provides Lewiston with the opportunity to spruce up a bit under the same terms. Editorial Roundup: Idaho 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z Windber leaders are attacking blight, and also moving forward with a plan to spruce up the town’s historic ballroom site for year-round use. Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z Last summer, Lucky also helped with a mural project through the South Asian Youth Action, a nonprofit, in an attempt to spruce up a pedestrian area in Jackson Heights, Queens. These 5 Teenagers Managed to Volunteer This Year. Here’s How. 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Jonathan Knight of the 1980s-90s boy band New Kids on the Block has the right stuff to spruce up your rural retreat in the new home-renovation series “Farmhouse Fixer.” What’s on TV This Week: The Golden Globes, Eddie Murphy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and more 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Homebound consumers are also sprucing up their living quarters. U.S. home prices rise 10.1% in December, fastest since 2014 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z Fountains and forests of sycamores, oaks and Chinese elms spruce up the space. USC’s presidential mansion lists for the first time ever at $24.5 million 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z He wants to spruce up the play-calling so it doesn’t hit another rut like it did in the second half. Here’s what the Seahawks must do to keep Russell Wilson happy 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z For now, the big century-old companies are sprucing up existing brands. Auto industry peers into an electric future and sees bumps ahead 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z To get ready for festivities, when the lunar Year of the Ox unfolds Feb. 12, Ngo is sprucing up her house and buying the glutinous rice cakes known as banh chung, a seasonal staple. 'More lemongrass, please': Vietnamese home cooking and monthly meal services thrive during quarantine 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z But after the cost of securing their private residences ballooned, Congress agreed in 1974 to spruce up the house on the Naval Observatory grounds for the vice president. Blair House guest quarters a temporary home for VP Harris 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z In its place rose a grandiose monument — the centerpiece of a $6 million renovation intended to spruce up shabby Tahrir in the style of the stately plazas of Europe. A Decade On, Silence Fills Egypt’s Field of Broken Dreams 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z Decades earlier, Dad had calculated that it could hold 357 million boxes of cornflakes, and he grumbled that the giant cereal bowl could use some sprucing up after all these years. Why the loss of an iconic radio telescope is painfully personal 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Supermarkets began catching up by then, too, sprucing up produce aisles and adding organic and locally grown products that consumers increasingly wanted. With no successor to till the land, farm’s days numbered 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z After several years together, Jessica Day decides to spruce up Christmas with her roommates by organizing a secret Santa gift exchange. Best Christmas-themed TV episodes from 'Friends' to 'The Office' 2020-12-25T05:00:00Z The White House children's garden spruced up by Mrs Trump was a gift in 1968 from President Lyndon Baines Johnson and his wife Lady Bird. In pictures: How presidents and first wives stamp their mark on the White House 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z The project included sprucing up an existing tennis court and children’s garden, in addition to construction of the pavilion, which replaces a smaller structure. First lady announces new White House tennis pavilion 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z The observatory, which had faced years of threatened budget cuts, was now under new management, and the dish had finally been spruced up. Why the loss of an iconic radio telescope is painfully personal 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z The project included sprucing up an existing tennis court and children’s garden, in addition to construction of the pavilion, which replaces a smaller structure. First lady announces new White House tennis pavilion 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z By April, customers were beginning to spend again, mostly on items to spruce up their homes and backyards. Black Friday 2020: Expect shorter lines, simpler layouts and piles of pajamas 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z The owl’s discovery may serve to spruce up the tree’s image after its bare lower branches and drooping needles drew comparisons to the tree in the Peanuts Christmas special, A Charlie Brown Christmas. Owl I want for Christmas: tiny bird found in Rockefeller Center tree 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Shops hired Chinese-speaking employees, accepted Chinese yuan and spruced up their storefronts in red and gold and the odd panda statue to cater to their new customers. From a crab shack to Hyundai, China's wrath over a U.S. missile defense system still weighs on South Korea 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Vegetable gardens and fruit trees including peach, lemon and apricot spruce up the space. Nick Kroll gets more than he asked for Los Feliz home 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z From a design perspective, her mission was to spruce up the view of a back garden and create outdoor living space. Reserve a spot for your own backyard ‘Giant Insect Resort’ 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z Carter’s went all-in on festive apparel the first week of October, in hopes of winning over families who wanted to spruce up for holiday portraits. Black Friday 2020: Expect shorter lines, simpler layouts and piles of pajamas 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z As for sprucing up Wayne, or any city, through public artwork, it’s hard to imagine a better idea. Mural brings ‘something special’ to downtown Wayne 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z A group of local citizens determined to meet the community’s challenges is driving the change — sprucing up the downtown area, organizing community events and opening new stores and restaurants. Why a Pro-Trump Town No Longer Sees Him as a Rescuer 2020-10-03T04:00:00Z They spruced up the place a bit, but things remained largely the same. West Peoria tavern undergoes big changes to stay same 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z But the online retailer Wayfair’s sales surged more than 80 percent in the second quarter as locked-down shoppers spruced up their surroundings. Small Tech Stocks Soar as the Future Arrives Early 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Try sprucing up your repertoire of dishes with The Times’ recipe database. Here are some easy ways to make sustainable choices during the pandemic 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z It remains the band’s best-known song, having a brief stint on a Guinness advert and getting an EDM-esque spruce up in 2016, but it also created an unwanted reputation. The return of Arab Strap: 'Sex and death are our eternal preoccupations' 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Families all over the world are sprucing up the homes they are now stuck inside. Trump’s Tariffs? Coronavirus? China’s Exports Are Surging Anyway 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z If you’re looking to spruce up your gaming desk and find some gear that speaks more to your style, Logitech’s accessories seem like a good way to do that. Logitech’s new colorful G733 wireless gaming headset can make your desk less drab 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z "It could use a little sprucing up, if you don’t mind my saying." Jerry Seinfeld blasts Manhattan comedy club owner for saying ‘NYC is dead forever’ 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z There is speculation in Hollywood that Mr. Ulrich is sprucing up MGM ahead of a potential sale to a company like Apple, which lacks a library for its streaming service. Pledging to Tell More Inclusive Stories, MGM Remakes Orion Pictures 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z Here is an easy DIY project for sprucing up a fence or adding detail to a deck railing that can be done in just a few hours. DIY: How to add a decorative panel to a flat fence | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z In some cases, the addition of an attractive lattice or post caps can spruce up a boring fence. Screens: The most cost-effective way to gain privacy, conceal eyesores | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z Q: I want to spruce up my home a bit, but I’m scared of too much color. You can paint anything: Tips for adding color from paint expert Annie Sloan 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z Companies should also diversify their boards and pension managers, demonstrating that they don’t merely want to spruce up their employee directories but benefit from new perspectives at the very top. Opinion | How to turn our collective outrage into action 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z The chief executive of Barnes & Noble, James Daunt, who took over last summer, thought the company’s stores were badly in need of some sprucing up. With Stores Closed, Barnes & Noble Does Some Redecorating 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z He cited Operation Clean, which works to spruce up neighborhoods including fixing streetlights, repairing damaged buildings and removing graffiti. Chicago Gun Violence Spikes and Increasingly Finds the Youngest Victims 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z When “The Captain” talks about sprucing up the speedway, he often references Augusta National, home of the Masters and a gold standard among golf tournaments in terms of resources, presentation and hospitality. ‘His Mona Lisa’ – Penske adds golden touch to iconic Indy 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z If your home office needs a little bit of sprucing up, you might want to see if Google is hiring. Google is giving each employee $1,000 to buy new office furniture 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z They texted me an action shot from Home Depot, shopping for supplies to spruce up the yard that used to be mine. VIRUS DIARY: Finding a surprising source of support in an ex 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z The development was initially expected to open in fall 2018, but the Trumps extended the timeline as they sought to redesign the meeting spaces and spruce up the clubhouse. He Says Trumps Cost Him $2 Million, but Hotelier Now Cheers Federal Assist 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z The historical society had hoped to spruce up the attraction with a visitor’s pavilion and new restrooms, said Trip Ruckman, Paul Ruckman’s cousin. U.S. shale bust slams rural economies as oil checks shrivel 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z Indigo Girls are their most elemental and best on “Look Long,” with Reynolds and the ace band attractively sprucing up the tunes without breaking the duo’s foundational folk-rock mold. Review: Indigo Girls passionate, tuneful on fine ‘Look Long’ 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z Aquarium workers also have spruced up the Lemur Forest exhibit and have delivered Facebook Live events connecting viewers with experts and animals. Hit hard by closures, Tennessee tourist spots eager to open 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z She knows she could easily spruce up her regular breakfast — Cheerios or shredded wheat and almond milk, with a sprinkle of sugar — but she doesn’t see the point. A woman living alone during the pandemic Unable to fish blueback, Snell will pay the bills working a temporary job in village beautification – clearing the riverbanks of debris and sprucing up the homes of tribal elders. A U.S. tribe’s uphill battle against climate change 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z Below, she and our three other experts share their favorite small-apartment ideas for sprucing up a cramped space, and we’ve also added some more Strategist-approved products based on the wisdom our experts provided. The 29 best small-apartment organization ideas 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z The Qingming festival, also known as Tomb Sweeping Day, is usually a time when people visit the graves of friends and family, sprucing up the area and making offerings to their spirits. China pays 'virtual' respects to ancestors 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z Flowering gardens and mature trees spruce up the exterior space, leading into bright common spaces with lattice windows, hardwood floors, picture windows and vaulted ceilings. Former Dodgers manager Joe Torre sells charming New York lake house 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z Righteous trash talk can help spruce up a dreary day. Perspective | Rick Pitino’s return to college hoops at Iona speaks volumes, and these volumes are quite funny 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z After a program to spruce up smaller libraries throughout the city, MLK Memorial was closed in 2017 for a major overhaul. Check it out: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library’s overhauled flagship set for fall reopening 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z One of his biggest rewards is seeing other neighborhood residents spruce up their properties after a project is completed. Blues announcer became dilapidated. Now it’s a showpiece. 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z The downtowns of the Upstate’s largest cities went from boarded up to spruced up. Why This Trump-Leaning Corner of South Carolina Has the Jitters 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z Workers were busy sprucing up the city along the president’s planned motorcade route for a welcome being billed as “Namaste Trump!” Trump heads to India, where throngs await 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z The city redid the streetscape of Western Avenue, which is lined with Latino businesses, and supplied a grant to spruce up the façade of a popular ice cream store there. Inside Pete Buttigieg's South Bend, a city trying to reinvent itself 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z It’s been abandoned for 15 years, and he admits it needs some sprucing up. This guy now owns Murfie’s nearly 1 million abandoned CDs 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z The projects include: a cleanup of Seaside Park; a spruce up and organizing of a clothing bank for Long Beach City College students; landscaping at Willow Springs Park, and yard work for the elderly. Public service, celebrations mark Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in L.A. 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Stefanski spent the past season sprucing up his resume running Minnesota’s offense, and the Browns didn’t pass up a second chance to nab him. AP source: Browns hiring Vikings OC Stefanski as next coach 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z From your phone, it logs into Google, Facebook, Amazon and others and spruces up your privacy on your behalf. Perspective | How we survive the surveillance apocalypse 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z After repainting the store and sprucing up the property, Said polled his new customers on their product preferences — then spent precious capital adding things like hot-food items and higher-quality coffee. A former Egyptian engineer found the secret to building a big Northwest gas-station chain 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z A minor-league hockey team makes sports history when its members decide to spruce up the team’s image by playing dirty. Movies on TV this week: 'Schindler's List' on Starz and more 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Hasenhüttl is desperate to spruce up his defence with a couple of new faces capable of making an immediate impact. January transfer window 2020: club-by-club guide for the Premier League 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z Still, her new abaya is decorated with rhinestones, a splash of style she chose to recently spruce up with some knockoff Valentino shoes. Inside America’s War Court: Clothing and Culture at Guantánamo Bay 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z The owner should spend a little money sprucing up the outside. Opinion | What it’s like to be a neighbor of a strip club 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z From there, the Luray Tree and Beautification Committee was formed and with it an idea to spruce up downtown with locally provided art. Murals capture Appalachian beauty along mountain trail 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z Plans to improve the Champs-Élysées are not new, but as Paris prepares to host the 2024 Olympics, there is an impetus to spruce up the city’s most celebrated street before the world descends. 'It's a little worn': Paris plans €250m Champs-Élysées makeover 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z A song or two might have spruced up the Judiciary Committee’s inquiry, which was more academic than the hearings conducted by their counterparts in Intelligence. Impeachment isn't 'Law & Order.' It's time to stop viewing it that way 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z A week later, the condo already spruced up by plants and dishes bought since Mohammadkani arrived, she said she hopes to find a teaching job here, along with selling online sneakers and accessories she decorates. ‘I can’t believe I’m here.’ Iranian couple reunite after years separated by travel ban 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z New school supplies started pouring in after a trending hashtag in July shed light on how much out-of-pocket money K-12 teachers usually spend on sprucing up their classrooms. School supplies pour in for Washington state teachers, thanks to national social media trend #ClearTheLists 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z He’s also spruced up fields for the 4A high school and American Legion baseball state tournaments, and regularly decorates the baseball and softball diamonds for the College of Southern Idaho. Carpenter creates stunning works for big football games 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z He’s also spruced up fields for the 4A high school and American Legion baseball state tournaments, and regularly decorates the baseball and softball diamonds for the College of Southern Idaho. Carpenter creates stunning works for big football games 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z This year, he said, “we’re seeing folks putting in a lot more effort to sprucing up their house for sales.” The market’s chilled out, but Seattle home prices still too hot for many first-time buyers 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Studio sources, who have used the location for screenings, note that it could use some sprucing up, and it’s not unheard of for a major movie company to own and revive a classic cinema house. What happens when Netflix buys Hollywood's iconic Egyptian Theatre? It's complicated 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z She found great satisfaction in the accomplishment of hands-on projects such as sprucing up an elementary school’s previously drab teacher’s lounge. How the Little Free Library led to the Little Free Pantry, a fast-growing approach to helping those in need 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z “We looked at what parts could use sprucing up, making it a better place for the kids, and making some new trails. They identified key areas that need touching up.” NFL’s latest Huddle for 100 cleans up Douglas Park 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z First, it has to make back the enormous sums it spends on sprucing up the spaces it leases from landlords. WeWork Is Going Public. Are Its Numbers Too Private? 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z The discounter has been sprucing up its stores with new brands and displays. Target teams up with Disney to open shops 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z The discounter has been sprucing up its stores with new brands and displays. Target teams up with Disney to open shops 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z Glickman spruced up the front of the house with an entry portico featuring a curved metallic overhang. Aging in place with attractive designs 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Liverpool, spruced up by five substitutions and running through City’s midfield with impressive regularity, came closest to winning in normal time. Gabriel Jesus seals Community Shield for Manchester City in penalty shootout 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z Since then, it’s been spruced up with spring tones, bright wallpapers and other cozy details. Hot Property: David Arquette to go a couple rounds in the real estate market 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z The deputies were joined by several locals, who all volunteered to help spruce up the woman’s yard. Police officers do yardwork for cancer-stricken woman, turn her yard into 'virtual oasis' 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Knowing that one of her favorite pastimes was sitting in her yard to enjoy nature, he decided he wanted to spruce up the area for her and mentioned it to his coworker, Sgt. Florida deputies team up to spruce up cancer patient's backyard 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z The restoration is the result of an initiative by the government-run city historian’s office to spruce up Havana ahead of the 500th anniversary of its founding in November. Celebrating Havana renovates Cuba’s oldest Jewish cemetery 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z He has a look at a new master plan by Torti Gallas + Partners that would spruce up the outdoor areas and connect islands of park that were previously disconnected. Essential Arts: How Ragnar Kjartansson put Mozart on repeat — for 12 solid hours 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z Deck out your deck and spruce up your yard with these finds that bring home the fun and inspire the whole family to stay outside and play. How to make your home the place to be this summer | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z These brightly colored throws are pretty enough to spruce up any space, and inexpensive enough that no one is going to be mad if anything gets spilled all over them. Mother’s Day Gift Guide 2019 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Deputies in southwest Florida volunteered to help spruce up a cancer patient's backyard in order to give her a peaceful place to enjoy the outdoors. Florida deputies team up to spruce up cancer patient's backyard 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z These brightly colored throws are pretty enough to spruce up any dorm room, and inexpensive enough that no one is going to be mad when beer inevitably gets spilled all over them. Graduation Guide 2019 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z It was spruced up in time for Napoleon to be crowned emperor there in 1804, with Pope Pius VII in attendance. The story of Notre-Dame 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z She was visiting the grave as part of the annual Chinese Qing Ming tomb-sweeping festival, which is traditionally observed by sprucing up loved ones' graves. Doctor finds four bees living in woman's eye 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Stone or rock accent walls are also a popular way to spruce up wine cellars with a unique look. The basics of building your own wine cellar | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z A window cleaner who voluntarily spruces up road signs says he has been overwhelmed by the response to his work - which included calls for him to be knighted. Viral road sign cleaner 'overwhelmed' 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z Managers say the work is necessary and no different than someone sprucing up a 30-year-old home. US underground nuclear waste dump explained 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z Mr. el-Sisi plans an extravagant gala opening for next year, attended by world leaders, and he wants to spruce up Cairo before they arrive. What to Do About Cairo’s ‘Uncivilized’ Buildings? President Orders Epic Paint Job 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z It quickly did just that and spruced up other existing buildings on the site — raising the total assessed value of the block from $25 million in 2014 to $131 million today. Viaduct gold rush: Big money flows into area around doomed Seattle highway 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Airbus is also targeting that category with a spruced up version of its A321. Delta plans big fleet overhaul while still considering Alitalia 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z But in summit-mad Hanoi, where streets are being spruced up and businesses from bars to barbers are cashing in on a summit next week between U.S. Tyrant tees: Vietnam T-shirt designer earns bread from Trump-Kim mania 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z Sample activities include meal prep, building garden beds, sprucing up classrooms, and freshening up playgrounds and preschools. 13 fun places to go for team-building experiences in the Seattle area | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z Though WeWork is the clear leader in the emerging co-working industry, it is essentially a commercial landlord, sprucing up office space and leasing it back to commercial clients. SoftBank Bets Big on WeWork. Again. 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Other ideas include using the pine for smoked vegetables or pickles, and to spruce up jam and cordial. Eat your Christmas tree (and other top tips) 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z During apartheid, the farm’s workers earned as little as 30 cents a month and were prohibited from sprucing up their homes or keeping more than a few cattle and goats. Racial disparities in landownership continue to haunt South Africa 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Minneapolis began to spruce up its river shorelines and adjacent neighborhoods earlier than other cities, drawing residents and development to a part of town once blighted by industry and railroad tracks, parking lots and pollution. The Latest Housing Hotspot: Downtown and by the River 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Where the city fails, an artist fills the gap: I hung with an anonymous L.A. artist who is taking it upon himself to spruce up overlooked Eastside bus stops by installing benches. Essential Arts: Stories of immigration on canvas, Ellen Reid's 'stunning' opera, an inspiring musical 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z Rather than pine for some alternative existence, Buettner suggested we spruce up the space we already have: declutter, buy houseplants or rearrange the furniture. Lamenting the house that got away | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z I have a garden and a water system, and I even spruced up the inside with some posters and functioning light fixtures. Fallout 76 journal, day 4: the bombs are falling 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z The solution, rather than trying to endlessly spruce up my website and social media posts, is to put in the hard work. Want success? Two things you should focus on instead of social media 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z The resurgence of Pensacola’s downtown in the past few years means several old factories and warehouses near the bay got spruced up and repurposed. You’re going where? Pensacola, Fla. 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Thanksgiving will be here before we know it, and it won’t be long before we’re all researching creative ways to spruce up leftover turkey, so enjoy it while it’s here. Georgia editorial roundup 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z The developer JBG Smith had recently acquired much of the land and buildings there and was trying to spruce up the staid streets. Before a Deal, Amazon Had to Know: Could Cuomo and De Blasio Get Along? 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z The pop-culture collectible from the Everett-based phenomenon will spruce up their cube and remind them of your appreciation all year long. 15 super-fun gift ideas for your co-workers | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Elegantly designed, they’re an endearing detail that spruces up a place setting. Thanksgiving help: Food, tools and décor to get you through the day | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z WHO IT’S FOR: Those who need help filling an empty room or sprucing up a den or bedroom with new lighting or pillows. Picking out a new sofa? Sites offer design advice for cheap 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z The city has eight new sculptures to spruce up the south end through an effort by the Macomb County Cultural and Economic Partnership and the Midwest Sculpture Initiative in Blissfield. Michigan cities use public art to add design to area 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z Earlier this year, a series of Lennar model homes were spruced up with smart speakers, intelligent video doorbells and other gadgets. Plant Prefab makes custom houses for the urban market. Amazon thinks Alexa may be right at home there - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z "Anything to spruce up the excitement factor, they're going to use," said McGowan who consults for lottery organizations and groups opposed to gambling. Why the world's biggest lottery jackpot wasn't 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z “Anything to spruce up the excitement factor, they’re going to use,” said McGowan who consults for lottery organizations and groups opposed to gambling. Why the world’s biggest lottery jackpot wasn’t 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z “Anything to spruce up the excitement factor, they’re going to use,” said McGowan who consults for lottery organizations and groups opposed to gambling. Why the world’s biggest lottery jackpot wasn’t 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z A new driveway is a great way to spruce up the outside of your home. 10 items to check off your fall home to-do list | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z This summer he went to work sprucing up the town park’s arch, playground equipment, picnic table shelter and bathrooms. Self-described youth troublemaker gives back to town 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z He was living in a "horrible ground floor flat" in Bristol and paying rent to a landlord with little inclination to spruce up the one-bedroom home. Shared ownership: Problems halved or doubled? 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z The worn spot in the flooring, too, might not get spruced up for some time. Dave Hasle might not be ‘the cake lady’ fans know and love — but he sure knows and loves Home Cake Decorating 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z The Nebraska Main Street Network relied for years on regular state funding to help spruce up small and midsized towns, but a tax revenue shortfall cost the nonprofit its share of that money in 2016. Nebraska lawmakers seek money for small-town development 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z And what about the underdog, Smith Tower, which recently got spruced up with a “speakeasy-style” bar as well? The tower challenge: Critics rate the view, food and drinks at Seattle tourist favorites Columbia Center, the Space Needle and Smith Tower 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z And, at more than two decades old, this tripartite pact with Canada and Mexico does indeed require sprucing up. Opinion | Has Trump ended NAFTA? Not just yet. 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z Dorfman said he’s been working to change that — modernizing the Gaithersburg warehouse where inventory is kept, buying new trucks for deliveries, sprucing up the county stores. A makeover for Montgomery’s Department of Liquor Control? 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z Maybe an outdoor rug would spruce up the place. Time to up your backyard barbecue game | Provided by Bartell Drugs 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z If you can’t swap the pendant lights, purchase some polished table or floor lamps to spruce up a dimly lit corner or side table. 8 items that will make a first home look more luxe | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z The homeowners worked with Garden Wise of Arlington to spruce up the ground-level space with new paving, fencing, trees and a fountain. The 14th Street corridor has been transformed, and so has this row house 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Some of Roca’s funding will pay for “transitional employment,” or various odd jobs, such as cleaning and sprucing up public spaces. Nonprofit group begins relentless pursuit of Baltimore's most dangerous young men — to change them 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z While Alpha’s departure helped kill off Bristol, Va.’s, highway commercial zone, its relocation spruced up some old buildings on the Tennessee side. Two cities share a name, water and a library. But one is in big trouble. 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z After a tense moment where it was thought the home might tip over on the uneven road, the Gentry home was ready to be spruced up. Original log home in Nebraska takes visitors back to 1890s 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z Livestock is in place at the corrals at Stampede Park and the arena was being spruced up this week in preparation of opening crowds. Cody Nite Rodeo begins 80th year 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z Singapore, famed for its litter-free streets, lush gardens and strict regulations, raced to spruce up. Kim arrives in Singapore for historic meeting with Trump, 'unknown territory' in the world of diplomacy 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z Ms. Kaplan said her staffers are “excited” about the opportunity to spruce up the space and welcome any children from the homeless shelter. Homeless shelter would share space with community center in Columbia Heights 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z Coming out each spring to spruce up the chapel is like a “wonderful sacred or semi-sacred experience,” he said. Parishioners give park chapel a spring cleaning 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Inside it are mock-ups of housing, retail, spruced up buildings and "museums galore" — including one celebrating the civil rights movement she dubbed the Museum of Resilience and Atonement. There's Koreatown. There's Little Tokyo. So why can't Leimert Park be Africa Town? Or Wakanda? 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Besides, as a father of two young children, he doesn’t have time to get spruced up. Analysis | The graybeard Cavaliers have turned experience into their best weapon against the Celtics 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z The money will help fund affordable housing, spruce up Freeway Park and renovate the Pike Street-Pine Street corridor for pedestrians and bicyclists. Buses could be evicted from the downtown bus tunnel next spring, but Seattle streets might not be ready 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z Moore, Maryland Moore has all the requisite skills to spruce up their receiving corps, plus he could be a returner. Seattle Times 2018 NFL mock draft: Bob Condotta and Larry Stone make their picks 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z When the Bushes’ friends raised almost $200,000 to spruce up the vice-presidential house the same year, there was hardly a stir. Barbara Bush, Wife of 41st President and Mother of 43rd, Dies at 92 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z He says the area is becoming more pedestrian-friendly under the city’s plan to spruce up a major street nearby beginning in 2020. Omaha’s century-old creamery warehouse for sale at $2.6M 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Escape rooms are also sprucing up related amenities like conference rooms for corporate groups or those celebrating special events. Breaking Into the Boom in Escape Rooms: What Entrepreneurs Need to Know 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z The Seattle Department of Transportation in 2015 partnered with other city agencies to create “vibrant new spaces” by sprucing up alleys in the International District and Pioneer Square. One way to sidestep Seattle traffic? Cut through an alley 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Better known as a season to spring clean around the house, this time of year is also offers an opportunity to dust off the paperwork and spruce up the family finances. How to give your finances a spring clean 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z With Sycamore’s strategy, it isn’t necessary to spruce up a purchased company. How One Investor Made a Fortune Picking Over the Retail Apocalypse 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z A would-be Eagle Scout led an effort to spruce up a wall at Seattle Center’s Memorial Stadium that honors local high-school-student alumni who died in World War II. Brushing up on history leads to cleaning up at Seattle’s Memorial Stadium 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z A private equity firm takes over a troubled company with the goal of sprucing up the strategy, cutting costs and overhauling the business over three or five years. In the Age of Amazon, Toys ‘R’ Us and Other Bankruptcies Test Private Equity’s Playbook 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z To test the effect of sprucing up such spaces, Charles Branas at Columbia University in New York City and his colleagues studied the vicinity of 541 randomly sampled vacant plots in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Tidying empty plots cuts crime 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z The school held a clean-up day last year that helped spruce up the lot on Avery Street, but much remains to be done, he said. Michael Rice shares history of Sumner School 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z A $7,000 award from the Texas-based Build a Better Block program will help pay for sprucing up a small section of Central Avenue. Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z The funding approved Tuesday by Knox County’s commissioners follows the Vincennes’ city council’s decision to also allocate $30,000 for the project to spruce up the Pantheon Theatre’s exterior. Restoration of historic SW Indiana theater gets local boost 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z If sprucing up your space is on your new-year agenda, the Tacoma Home and Garden Show hosts garden displays and home and garden products and services Jan. 25 to 28 at the Tacoma Dome. Shows on trains, gardening and more are making stops near and far 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Both are active in a community group working with Juarez to spruce up the area as the council considers zoning changes for 27 urban villages in 2018. Seattle’s Aurora stretch is frozen in time, but voters are turning up the heat on change 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z The bill would also spruce up two granite pillars installed in honor of Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Layfette. Bill to rename road to bring attention to state’s history 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z Some 41 percent of the malls in the study spruced up their food and beverage offerings with an emphasis on restaurants that serve more varied fare and, in some cases, alcohol. Malls beef up dining, entertainment options to boost traffic 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z Jeremy Corbyn spruced up the front cover of Labour's election manifesto "For the many not the few" with reindeer antlers and festive hats to wish his constituents a Merry Christmas. Jumpers and jokes on MPs' Christmas cards 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z The city has launched an initiative to spruce up shelters and persuade more homeless people to use them. Homeless in Rio skyrockets, creating tensions, violence 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z Perhaps, he said, they should consider sprucing up the visitors’ center. Can Kim Jong Un control the weather? North Korea’s state-run media says so. 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z Universal theme parks in Orlando, Florida, and Hollywood, California, are sprucing up their Harry Potter-themed attractions with lights, music and holiday decor. Trees, lights, holiday magic: Christmas events and displays 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z But it couldn’t afford to sufficiently spruce up its stores and compete with retailers like Walmart and Amazon because it had billions of dollars in debt. Why Companies Like Toys ‘R’ Us Love to Go Bust in Richmond, Va. 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z The army has spruced up the graves for the occasion - a touch of whitewash, a few additional pot plants and camouflage sheets to protect those gathering around the graves. Returning to the place where we saw our parents shot 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z Playing Dallas, which entered the night with the worst record in the league, should have represented a chance for Washington to spruce up its defensive stats. Wizards struggle defensively in disappointing home loss to NBA-worst Mavericks 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z “Diversity and debate are the lifeblood of liberty. And they are the enemies of branding,” Naomi Klein wrote in 2002, after the American government hired a Madison Avenue executive to spruce up Brand USA overseas. How to sell a country: the booming business of nation branding 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z Some show people running happily along the beach, others show the bleak blocks spruced up and populated via computer rendering. Hitler's holiday camp: how the sprawling resort of Prora met a truly modern fate 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Evaluate what’s working and what areas need sprucing up in your yard. Your fall yard-maintenance guide | Provided By Uyeta Landscape and Maintenance 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z In fact, he suggested that developers start by “sprucing up some Gear VR-level things,” not bringing Rift games over. Why is Oculus making four different VR headsets? 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Heading into fall, thoughts turn from outdoor entertaining to sprucing up the indoors for holiday gatherings. Standout trends in wood wall treatments | Provided By Issaquah Cedar and Lumber 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z So, then: A tiny percentage of television network subscriptions fees filters all the way down to sprucing up Howard’s track. Analysis | Why was Howard playing at UNLV anyway? It wasn’t just college football business as usual. 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Little things, like switching out cabinet knobs for unique crystal knobs or ones with a contrasting color, can really spruce up the joint. You'd never guess this luxury beach house in Malibu is actually a double-wide trailer 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z Council workers hoping to spruce up their street for a competition in St. Petersburg went a little too far and got themselves disqualified when they taped branches to bare trees, it's reported. Fake branches mean dismissal from Russian competition - BBC News 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z The eight people who volunteered their time to spruce up Ware’s Main Street home work with Strokes of Change, a program that connects people recovering from addiction with low-income people to help with home repairs. Program offers way for ex-addicts to help others in need 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z Dollar stores, which operate on razor-thin margins, are doing their bit to draw in customers: sprucing up stores, stocking more national brands such as Tide, selling food and fresh produce, and are opening more stores. U.S. dollar stores stand their ground in escalating retail price war 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z During their occupation, the students spruced up the cinema and made it active again, screening movies and hosting debates and theater classes, as well as soccer games. An Old Cinema Tests Rome’s Stance on Gentrification 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Here, Tessa shares five tips on how to spruce up your home: You'd never guess this luxury beach house in Malibu is actually a double-wide trailer 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z The restaurant has been spruced up by a New York-based design firm so that the interior is as inspiring as the food. These Are the Best Restaurants in Every State 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Main Street businesses and building owners should want to spruce up the downtown on their own accord. Excerpts from recent South Dakota editorials 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Dollar stores, which operate on razor-thin margins, are doing their bit to draw in customers: sprucing up stores, stocking more national brands such as Tide, selling food and fresh produce, and are opening more stores. U.S. dollar stores stand their ground in escalating retail price war 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z And for the high schooler looking to spruce up a dingy locker, this year's offerings include chandeliers, light-up mirrors and shag rugs, all made to fit in a standard locker. Sequined sneakers and 'millennial pink': 5 back-to-school trends to watch 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z He says the track list is roughly in chronological order, with some of the earlier tracks “spruced up a bit, because they didn’t particularly match up well” with some of his later tracks. How composer Ursine Vulpine decides what the year's biggest movie trailers will sound like 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z But Brewer, now 70 and working as a startup consultant, spruced up the package with color images and revised the text to focus on this year’s epidemic of eclipse fever. ‘A big dose of awe’: Last solar eclipse here, in 1979, changed Seattle author’s life 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z After the war the lion was uncovered and spruced up again in 2005. Hill figures: The stories behind the scars on England's skin - BBC News 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z After nearly half a century at the house on South Sierra Bonita Avenue in Los Angeles, Ossie Hill wanted to spruce up the two-bedroom home she and her late husband purchased in the early 1970s. These loans were created to help homeowners, but for some they did the opposite 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution, which is responsible for the Madonna, and the local Richmond-Indiana DAR chapter are working to restore the memorial and spruce up the environment around it. Richmond’s Madonna memorial receives needed restoration work 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z Anyone who needed a little sprucing up and an expert’s touch, and maybe a sympathetic ear, some lighthearted conversation and a laugh or wise advice to go along with a shoeshine would find it here. Colorado shoe shiner dies at his beloved shop 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z The money has been set aside from operating funds, for whatever the village board decides to spend it on, like sprucing up downtown. For a Village in Demand, It’s Lights, Camera, Inconvenience 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z “Finally, Brooklyn gets a little sprucing up,” said Jasmine Wilson, 52, a borough resident who walks across the bridge every day. Finally, an Entrance Worthy of the Brooklyn Bridge 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z At the corner of Atkinson and Rosa Parks, the city is sprucing up Gordon Park to help mark the 50th anniversary of the events. Detroit gets renovated street by street 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z So if you think your rural town needs a shot in the arm, talk to your local leaders about finding areas to spruce up or develop. Excerpts from recent South Dakota editorials 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z The big difference in this scenario is that the city would, in effect, be giving the bond money to spruce up an existing asset in dire need of refurbishment rather than creating a new venue. KeyArena groups have similar goals, different proposals for renovation 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z But locals say that while the tourist-filled ghats have been spruced up, the city and river remain as filthy as ever. India tries to clean up the holy city of Varanasi, but buffaloes and humans stand in the way 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z Boomers are also redoing their kitchens and sprucing up other areas - since they’re staying put, they want to enjoy their surroundings. If you build it, they’ll stay; boomers remodel their homes 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z The centuries-old festival, also known as "tomb sweeping day", is traditionally observed by sprucing up loved ones' graves and making offerings to their spirits. Ancient Chinese tomb-sweeping festival goes hi-tech - BBC News 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z The penguins were shipped in from South Korea last year, part of an effort to spruce up the zoo's flagging image. Meet Mumbai's Flipper and his six penguin friends - BBC News 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z It’s the No. 1 thing he hears from critics of any plan to spruce up the Seattle Center venue. Monorail could play key role in easing traffic if KeyArena is renovated for NBA, NHL use 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z By revitalizing homes in the core, Wagner believes his group is setting an example for other private builders, who might be inspired to help spruce up the same neighborhoods. Sioux Falls group to revitalize downtown homes 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z Chinese ambitions for soccer have also extended to sprucing up the domestic league with a clutch of high-profile signings. China warns soccer investors, don't break rules on capital outflows 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Adding accent siding to a home – on one or multiple sides of the home, a full wall or partial wall – is another popular way to spruce up its appeal and add design diversity. 5 ways to create curb appeal with wood | Provided By Issaquah Cedar and Lumber 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z On Thursday, two dozen South Asian workers were planting flowers, replacing bricks and sprucing up signs at the entrance to the golf course in preparation for Saturday’s event, which is closed to the media. At Trump-branded golf club opening in Dubai, expect the first sons, royalty and lots of gold 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z Self-help books promise it will incinerate excess fat, spruce up your DNA, and prolong your life. Five-day fasting diet could fight disease, slow aging 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z Its CEO Ronald Tay says before reducing room sizes, which is a longer-term strategy, he will spruce up common areas with foosball tables and other facilities. In glitzy Singapore, hotels' success recipe is being average 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z Campbell said she wants to “spruce up” a park named for Brooks before the June celebration, which she is helping organize. Celebration, anthologies honor Topeka-born Gwendolyn Brooks 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z As their image and sound was being spruced up by the major label, a more sparse solo track of Hurley’s started gathering interest, with UK label London Records travelling to Chicago to hear more. How Jack Your Body began house music's squelching electronic revolution 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z He introduced an elegant and sporty style to spruce up Stuttgart's Teutonic limousines. Mercedes-Benz overtakes BMW to become largest premium carmaker 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z While it’s possible to spruce up a garage for a few thousand dollars, major renovations can exceed $50,000, and a luxe garage, therefore, tends to be the province of the very rich. Final Frontier in Home Renovation: Giving Garages a Makeover 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z Moscoso argues that although Spain is working to attract higher spending visitors by sprucing up some of its more dilapidated destinations, it also needs to invest more in promoting its interior and culture. Costa little more: Spain questions its tourism strategy 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z The news marks the end of a creative year for Clark, in which she contributed towards David Lynch’s first festival of disruption and spruced up the theme to The Golden Girls. St Vincent to release new, politically inspired album in spring 2017 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z The county paid to spruce up the building. Clinics provide real-life training for dental students 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z By Wednesday night, the tree had been spruced up, with a large star now fixed on top. 'Austerity tree': Romans incensed at spartan Christmas fir 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Restored by the Fords In the premiere of this new home-renovation series, siblings Leann and Steve Ford hope to spruce up a dark, out-of-date home in the suburbs of Pittsburgh. 11 p.m. Tuesday's TV Highlights: 'Rock the Troops' 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z James Taylor, Kelly Clarkson, et al., get spruced up to perform at this year’s “National Christmas Tree Lighting” ceremony in Washington D.C. TV This Week, Dec. 4-10: 'Hairspray Live!' and more 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z He spoke as workers spruced up the Cuban capital’s sprawling Revolution Plaza in preparation for two days of tributes. Elián González praises Fidel Castro 17 years after infamous custody battle 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z Even more reason to turn your attention to sprucing up the space in the name of company. Getting the guest bathroom ready for the holiday hordes 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Unfortunately, the wiring and flooring were in dire need of sprucing up. Road-Trip Your Way to the Best of Le Corbusier 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Coach is investing in sprucing up its own stores and digital operations at a time when it is also selling less through struggling department-store operators. The Only Thing on Sale at Coach Is Its Stock 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z It is an oenophile’s real-estate fantasy: decamp to Bordeaux and find a way to spruce up an old château. You Bought a Vineyard. Now, Meet Your Staff 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z In tests on mice, they discovered that sprucing up their living space, with a running wheel, toys and a colourful box, did wonders for their T cells. Prescribing holidays 'could help fight infections' - BBC News 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Nikitin applauded the Moscow authorities for sprucing up the city with various programs to refurbish dilapidated buildings, repave roads, widen sidewalks and establish cycle lanes. Better Traffic Manners Where an Iron Fist Rules 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z And if your bathroom is already in decent condition, a new bath mat, shower curtain and fresh towels may be all the sprucing up you need. Preparing Your Home for Sale 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z It’s a spiritual exercise and a way to spruce up the livestock. On Sundays in Senegal, Surf’s Up for the Sheep 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z The city has spruced up its main attractions, and has promoted punk-rock festivals and better theater. A Once-Declining British Resort Town Sees New Life, Post-Brexit 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z In preparation for the inauguration of the itineraries in late May, for example, a group of dedicated residents spruced up the streets, whitewashing graffiti, burying open cable lines and fixing town signs. By the Sea Where the Sirens Called, an Italian Town Beckons Tourists With Art 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z The group has raised millions of dollars to spruce up the building’s interior. Digital sign added to landmark theater gets mixed reviews 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Make no mistake, they look good, but Nest's assumption that they'll also spruce up your social life is a stretch. Nest's learning thermostat now comes in white, black, and copper 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z The idea of growing grapes started out six years ago, Frazier said, as a way to spruce up the weed-infested corner across from his home and take a stand for the community. Growing grapes, saving lives in Cleveland’s tough east side 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z They were acquired and installed by the New Vienna Garden Club this spring to spruce up the city’s welcome sign. New Vienna business makes lawn ornaments in many forms 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z But the latest results underscore that the decline in visitor spending in U.S. is overshadowing efforts that the company is making to spruce up its business. Abercrombie closing up to 60 stores after posting wider loss 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Businesses and organizations throughout the community have shown their support by decorating hay bales, sprucing up their landscaping and displaying welcome signs. Recent editorials published in Nebraska newspapers 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z It reported another quarter of falling profits and sales, though it said some moves, like sprucing up its fine-jewelry area and restoring some sales staff, are helping. Department stores hope to recapture appeal, transform into destinations 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z The rooms, which now average $175 a night, are being spruced up in stages and the hotel will remain open during renovations. Queen Mary is getting a bow to stern makeover — and a club in the boiler room 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z In “My Room’s Dignity”, DIY geeks offer tips on how to spruce up dingy studios. Bangsta style 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Italy is courting Chinese investors to help spruce up some of its ancient temples and catacombs, a magnet for tourists but a drain on its strained public finances. Italy courts Chinese investors to restore ancient sites 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z The Viola Liuzzo Park Association, the city of Detroit and others are sprucing up the park created in the 1970s in Liuzzo’s honor. Work starts on effort to improve Detroit’s Viola Liuzzo Park 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z The move, announced at its Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco on Monday, is Apple's latest attempt to spruce up the iPhone experience as sales of the best-selling product flag. Hail a ride hands-free: Apple opens Siri to outside developers 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z Those tree stencils, Arends thought, would be perfect for sprucing up Tree Town, where many buildings were being repeatedly tagged by vandals. Ann Arbor fights graffiti with tree-themed art, gets results 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z She wants to spruce up this plain asphalt courtyard, maybe with basketball courts for the patients. New Western State CEO up to task of turning it around, her colleagues say 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z With less than a year until the March 1 anniversary of Nebraska’s statehood, crews are showing progress on construction projects to spruce up the Capitol and surrounding area. Plans for Nebraska 150 celebration starting to take shape 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z The border here owes its defences to Operation Gatekeeper, a controversial programme enacted in 1994 under President Bill Clinton which built barriers, added patrols and spruced up technology such as movement sensors. Donald Trump's 'beautiful' wall both a dream and nightmare - BBC News 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z But they were also there to spruce up potentially uninteresting photos of guys in actual tailored suits. Scientists Reinterpret the Black Tie 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z He has spent lavishly to spruce up the Greenbrier. West Virginia governor hopeful has left a trail of unpaid fines and bills 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z After a walk-through of Schaeffer's 6,500-square-foot home, Marshall suggested simple fixes: a paint job to remove the wild colors on the walls, removing odd-colored carpets from the rooms and sprucing up the landscaping. Keep your ego out of staging — the home is the star 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z A loggerhead’s destructive tendencies frustrated efforts to spruce up a Monterey exhibit last year after workers dried the tank, repainted its wall and installed new faux-coral rock work. Forget Sharks. The Terrifying Animal in New York’s Aquarium Is Lucy the Turtle 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z Mass-deportation relief is Obama’s bid to spruce up his legacy with a key voting bloc, one that Democrats need to win in November. What Should We Expect From the Supreme Court’s Showdown Over Immigration? 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z It was part of a more than 3 kilometer-long cycle lane opened in January in an urban regeneration project to spruce up the city for the Olympiad from Aug. 5-21. Two dead after new bike lane collapses in Rio 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Complicated makes a line-up of flavor enhancers that you can use to spruce up your cocktail... or soda, if you're boring. The weird future of movie theater food 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z The Burgers themselves moved to the lake full time around Thanksgiving and are sprucing up their property. Lake Delhi to return after dam restoration project completes 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z Ford says it will preserve the look of its headquarters, while sprucing up the interior. Ford’s Iconic Michigan Headquarters to Get Makeover 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z Now, he's using money from a nonprofit fund he created to spruce up the paint in the hallways at City Hall. An eastern Pennsylvania mayor took it upon himself to spruce up his office before he was sworn in 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z The streets of Havana have been spruced up for @POTUS visit, but remain relatively empty. The Daily 202: Why Donald Trump will probably win Arizona but get crushed in Utah tomorrow 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z Its 19th-century buildings have been spruced up, you can take an English-speaking Uber driver instead of fighting to the death over the fare with a chain-smoking taxi driver, and then there are the hipsters. Romania: hellhole or country of romance and mystery? 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z The company said it plans to change little about the site, except for sprucing up the aging buildings, which include the restaurant, a small hotel and apartments. Chinese hotel firm buys Yamashiro property in Hollywood Hills 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z The Seattle-based company will spend three to five years overhauling three terminals and sprucing up the others. Alaska Airlines to update, overhaul rural Alaska terminals 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z Along with her efforts to spruce up the White House and famously upgrade its china with funds from a private foundation, her fancy clothes earned her an unwanted nickname, “Queen Nancy.” Nancy Reagan brought unabashed zeal for luxury to Washington 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z The campaign, backed by charity Keep Britain Tidy and corporate sponsors including McDonalds, is urging people to spruce up their communities before Queen Elizabeth II's 90th birthday, which is being marked in June. Litter has become a weapon of class war in Britain, where a call for people to "Clean for the Queen" has stirred both trash-tidying volunteers and howls of anger 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z He has made no attempt to spruce up his wardrobe or tone down his old-school Brooklyn accent; to young supporters, that makes him more trustworthy. For millennials, Bernie Sanders is cool because he’s 74, not in spite of it 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z The company, based in Plano, Texas, also offered an upbeat sales outlook, as efforts to spruce up its merchandise is winning over shoppers. J.C. Penney posts 4Q loss but has an adjusted profit that matched Wall Street estimates 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z The revived condominium has helped spruce up São Paulo’s centre, and benefited in turn from the area’s new spirit of edgy respectability. Biography of a building 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z The agency responded by sprucing up the cemetery. State agency can’t account for missing bodies at cemetery 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z It’s not just the most noticeable attractions that are being spruced up. Lincoln Memorial to be renovated 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z Corridor redevelopment — adding amenities like bicycle paths and sprucing up the streetscape — also can help spur nearby property owners to fix up their houses or convince new buyers to look in the area, Yenni said. Jefferson Parish big fixer-upper: Revitalizing housing stock 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z India’s largest spirits maker, two years ago promised BN Raghuveer some new signage to spruce up the front of his liquor store. Diageo Makes Spirited Push in India 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z The related tracks feature wasn't available on Android or iOS, so Stations may simply be a sprucing up of one of Soundcloud's best discovery tools. Soundcloud introduces a new radio feature for iOS and Android 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Volunteers will help spruce up school murals and rehab the school’s landscape among other projects. Parade, numerous celebrations to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z Toyota Motor Corp is sprucing up its premium Lexus line with a facelift of its flagship sports coupe for 2017, as the world's largest automaker tries to shake off its reputation for boring designs. Toyota bets on Lexus flagship revamp to overcome 'boring' image 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z |
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