Word: lightness
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...government must take on the task of regulating the industry’s actions. Fineberg Professor of the Practice of Public Health Howard K. Koh, who also co-authored the study, is hopeful that the legislation will pass despite these potential hurdles. “We need to shed light on an area that has been shrouded in secrecy for so long,” he said. “This is a bipartisan issue—actually, a nonpartisan issue.” Connolly said the legislation, which has the backing of cigarette maker Philip Morris, is expected...
PARIS The French are known for being fashion forward, so it makes sense that Prada's most popular sneaker ($395) in the City of Light is silver, one of the season's biggest trends...
...scents, packaged in identical bottles, have names that relate uniquely to the iconography of the renowned house: 31 Rue Cambon is the address that was Mlle. Chanel's apartment, atelier and boutique, and Coromandel evokes the screens that she famously used to decorate her apartment. Polge's light, modern take on Eau de Cologne, above, is the only part of the collection to be offered in a large, 400-ml bottle. Each fragrance costs...
...Alfred van Cleef, son of a diamond merchant, and his brother-in-law Charles Arpels, son of a precious-stones wholesaler?has long been a favorite of celebrities like Marlene Dietrich, Princess Grace and Uma Thurman. This new line was inspired by landmarks in the City of Light, including the Tuileries, Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower. The Etincelles minaudire, left, in white gold with onyx and diamonds, pays homage to the elegant parties held in the jeweler's htel particulier on the Place Vend?...
Since Hegel, western European writers and leaders have been pushing the idea of progress, putting darkness, savagery, the past, and societies outside of Western civilization on one end of the spectrum, and light, consciousness, technology, the future, and the modern Western world at the other end. Of all the civilizations and cultures that once lay beyond the dominion (and ken) of Western civilization, those located in Africa have been portrayed as the furthest back on the dark end of the continuum. Hegel wrote, “Africa proper…is the land of childhood, which lying beyond...