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cul-de-sac 1. a road with one end blocked off; dead end 2. Anatomy any tube-shaped bodily cavity or pouch closed at one end, such as the caecum cul-de-sac [′kəl·də‚sak] (anatomy) Blind pouch or diverticulum. (civil engineering) A dead-end street with a circular area for turning around. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Following it through the exhibition, visitors find themselves navigating open spaces and culs-de-sac, wandering past banners bearing absurd slogans like DER GARTEN MACHT UNS FERTIG (The garden is killing us) or such confrontational questions as WO STEHST DU MIT DEINER KUNST KOLLEGE? It contains two landscaped walks -- Vallon des Brumes and Sentier des Fers Sauvages--but for the most part is laid out much like a traffic-free suburban housing estate, with permanent trimmed beech enclosures at the end of a series of culs-de-sac to contain the small temporary gardens made for each festival. The tempo, which at first seems uniform, is in fact delightfully variable, accelerating through gooseneck curves and then slowing into lariats and culs-de-sac. |
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