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• n  a covering spread over a dining table

• Yet if luxury spaghetti sauce evokes a pleasurable response, why wouldn't I enjoy Prince tablecloths too? Pleasure is power.
• Evenings in Russia are long how better to pass them than by a game of chess in front of the fire? A Paris restaurant, chequered with the light and shade of tablecloths and .
• The downtown eatery has become the cornerstone of one of America's most successful restaurant organizations, a culinary empire that runs the gamut from white tablecloth to outdoor .

News & Articles

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• HGTV Apologizes After American Flag Tablecloth Outrage
  HGTV’s American flag tablecloth suggestion ruffled a lot of feathers, and the home improvement network has apologized for offending a large number of Facebook and Twitter users with its website suggestion that the American flag be used as a “table runner” for July 4 barbecues before it is displayed on a flagpole. The HGTV American flag tablecloth [...] HGTV Apologizes After American Flag ...
  June 12, 2013 - The Inquisitr
• U.S. flag as tablecloth? HGTV issues apology for July Fourth decoration mistake
  HGTV viewers were outraged after the Home and Garden network suggested using a U.S. flag as a tablecloth for Fourth of July celebrations. "Using an American flag as a table cloth dishonors all Americans who love Old Glory — especially those who gave their lives defending it," one viewer wrote, ...
  June 12, 2013 - The Washington Times
• HGTV’s American Flag Tablecloth Tip Suggests Using Old Glory To Catch Crumbs
  Home-centric network HGTV has stunned readers with a Fourth of July decorating tip that flies in the face of all common etiquette about the flag — by suggesting viewers use an actual American flag as a tablecloth before running it up the flagpole. Yes, HGTV’s American flag tip seems to be offensive to all eyes, taking the [...] HGTV’s American Flag Tablecloth Tip Suggests Using Old Glory To ...
  June 12, 2013 - The Inquisitr

Quotes

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• Rachel Smith in Indianapolis Star
  Having good manners and understanding etiquette is not about being perfect,Smith, the coach, says. "It's about being able to handle the situation, such as spilling red wine on a white tablecloth or knocking things over or falling down."
• Nathaniel Philbrick in Arizona Republic
  I had a sort of Currier & Ives image of Thanksgiving,said Philbrick from his Nantucket home. "Lots of Pilgrims at a long table with white tablecloth, turkey in the middle, hands intertwined in prayer."
• Nolan Ryan in Bizjournals.com
  It's the first white-tablecloth establishment to carry the beef,Ryan said. "Our focus had mainly been on the supermarket side."