peristyle, manifesto, afterthought

WITH its grand marble staircase, inner and outer peristyles and Roman gardens, the Getty Villa in Los Angeles seems a fitting backdrop for a small army of Greek gods, Roman warriors and Etruscan vases. But in two weeks visitors to the villa, which houses the antiquities collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, will encounter a sculpture from a very different time and place.




“I’m actually really proud that I turned this tiny little afterthought of a space into a fully functioning office,” Ms. Gouldner said. “That the space is limited doesn’t limit me.” It serves all her needs, she noted, and is tall enough to stand up in. “I’m 5-foot-8, and it’s probably 5-foot-10.”


Never Mind What’s in Them, Bags Are the Fashion 
By MICHAEL BARBARO
Once a flimsy afterthought in American retailing, the lowly, free store bag is undergoing a luxurious makeover.The day I arrived at this 120-year-old restored plantation, the porticos and rooms were teeming with mountain bikers. In the kitchen, I found two young foreigners, David Botzer, 29, an Israeli computer programmer, and Peter Meek, 24, a mechanical engineer from New Zealand. Colombia had been an afterthought for them, mysterious and risky. But both said they found the spectacularly rugged coffee country to be safe and the people courteous.

Wal-Mart Chief Offers a Social Manifesto

By MICHAEL BARBARO

As part of a campaign to upgrade its image by changing the way it does business, Wal-Mart has pledged to cut the energy used by many of its products by 25 percent.

• Topics Page: Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
• Speech by Wal-mart Chief H. Lee Scott (pdf)

afterthought
noun [C usually singular] あと知恵［思案］; 後からの付け足し. 事先沒料到的事情
an idea, thought or plan which was not originally intended but is thought of at a later time:
She only asked me to her party as an afterthought.
The pillars seem to have been added to the entrance as an afterthought.







manifesto
noun [C] plural manifestos or manifestoes ━━ n. （pl. ～(e)s） 宣言（書）, 声明書; 政見発表.
a written statement of the beliefs, aims and policies of an organization, especially a political party:

In their election manifesto, the Liberal Democrats proposed increasing taxes to pay for improvements in education.

per·i·style (pĕr'ĭ-stīl')
n.

1. A series of columns surrounding a building or enclosing a court.
2. A court enclosed by columns.

[French péristyle, from Latin perist[ymacr]lum, from Greek peristūlon, from neuter of peristūlos, surrounded by columns : peri-, peri- + stūlos, pillar.]

peristyle

━━ n. 【建】（建物・中庭を囲む）柱列; 列柱廊 ((柱列で囲まれた場所)).