Word: colorism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...sure, SIA's government backing does not translate into obvious excess. The airline's headquarters is located in a drab industrial building on Changi Airport's grounds. Its furniture looks worn enough to date to the airline's launch (and an orange color scheme reveals its 1970s sensibilities). A few years ago, data-processing operations were moved to Bombay, India, for the cost savings...
...Clue!: Iron pipe, noose, candlestick, old-school revolver, color-coded costumes, etc. Make sure you get a receipt from the guy you pay to remove the corpse, though! That was Col. Mustard’s mistake...
...read other people's image banks, not a forced renunciation of one's own. They realize, quite naturally and instinctively, that the desire to "give people a fair go," which is one of the traditional moral imperatives of Australian life, also applies to immigrants, including those of a different color...
...Durkac, "it is simply the kind of song that happens when you live in this country as a German Turk. We are not as stupid as the media presents us. And we do speak German. Sometimes when you go into a club, you get the feeling that the color of your hair decides if you are getting in. The song says, forget about the hair color...
...self-treatments might entice consumers who want to do something but can't afford to. Eventually they'll be hooked, goes the argument, and visit physicians for more. Says Dr. Bruce Katz, director of the Juva Skin and Laser Center in New York City: "It's just like hair color. Sure, you can do it yourself, but you won't get the same result you'll get in a hair salon." Then again, home hair coloring is worth $9.8 billion a year worldwide, which is no blemish on anyone's books...