Word: flowerings
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...Then last week, during the Prince's tour of Latvia, a girl named ALINA, 16, slapped him with a red carnation--her way to protest Britain's involvement in the war against Afghanistan and Latvia's attempt to join NATO. That's a lot to expect from a flower that usually only conveys the message on prom night, "Now maybe your parents won't think I'm a total jerk." The 11th-grader was later charged with endangering the life of a high official. Though shocked, the Prince gamely continued working the Latvian crowd, some of whom were armed with...
...BACCARAT FLOWER GOLD CHOKER, $190 If you're looking for pricey clothes or jewelry like this crystal choker, all roads lead to eLuxury www.eluxury.com)--literally Several high-end sites that have recently gone out of business now route people to this surviving shop...
Japan is as renowned for its xenophobia as its tea ceremony and flower arrangement, yet just as traditionally its writers desperately strive for a place on the wider literary playing fields abroad. They do so not only because that's where more money and greater fame lie but also because those who achieve translation are inordinately celebrated and esteemed at home. In their eagerness to secure that export seal of cultural approval they often try to style their characters according to Western fashions and modes. Or ensconce beneath their native kimonos Freudian explanations, Marxist interpretations and existential quests. But since...
...piece seems to be a flower with many petals. The blue, a close look at a snowflake and the yellow, a sunburst. None of these images is crisp around the edges—they all seem to fade into the black. The effect of this is that the images acquire movement. This is one of the few techniques Shaw uses that gives his work some intrigue. The snowflake appears to shrink as you look at it. The sun, whose edges are trimmed with orange, looks like it is fluttering. The way Shaw uses color and shading in these works...
...door handle. Songs from Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” float from a laptop, which rests on a desk wrapped entirely in pink crepe paper. Colored Christmas tree lights adorned with sparkly pieces of candy line the molding and the drawers. Colorful flower pots sit in the corner, next to a purple parasol. The floor lamp is ornamented with silver chiffon butterfly wings. Printed patterns of pink and red lipsticks and compacts dot the bedsheets. Even the CD holders and the crutches leaning on the wall are painted pink...