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  • n  shelf that projects from wall above fireplace

  • He saw a bust of himself standing on the mantlepiece, looked at it with a pained expression, said: "Don't like it.
  • There is nothing like stumbling into a small gallery on a dusty side street and finding the perfect watercolor to go above the mantlepiece.
News & Articles

  • Westwood one round from glory but pitfalls await
    By Martyn Herman GULLANE, Scotland (Reuters) - Lee Westwood is 18 holes away from finally putting a major trophy on his mantlepiece but Sunday's British Open climax on Muirfield's dusty fairways may be the longest round of his life. The 40-year-old Briton, who has knocked on the major door so many times only to have it slammed in his face, emerged from a gripping third-round scrap with world ...
    July 20, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
  • Golf-Westwood one round from glory but pitfalls await
    By Martyn Herman GULLANE, Scotland, July 20 (Reuters) - Lee Westwood is 18 holes away from finally putting a major trophy on his mantlepiece but Sunday's British Open climax on Muirfield's dusty fairways may be the longest round of his life. The 40-year-old Briton, who has knocked on the major door so many times only to have it slammed in his face, emerged from a gripping third-round scrap with ...
    July 20, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
Quotes

  • Cheryl Cole in Daily Star
    Cheryl, 24, told me: "We want to win a BRIT in 2008. It's really as simply as that." "Best Band, Best Album - it doesn't matter which, but it would be nice to have one on the mantlepiece because that's the one award everyone wants."
  • Mick Fanning in The Age
    If you can win one event, it's either here or Pipeline (Hawaii), they're the ones everyone wants on their mantlepiece,Fanning said.
  • Matthew Bellamy in NME.com
    I've got a couple of NMEs on my mantlepiece. This one I'm going to have to give to my mum to see if it will go on her mantelpiece and offend the neighbours,Bellamy told NME.COM. "There should be at least one offensive statue on everyone's...

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