Word: lilacs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...historical subjects during his student training at Cormon's academy. There are six immobile figures: one standing with her chemise hiked up as though getting ready for a medical inspection; the other five sitting in postures of frozen relaxation on the big plum-colored sofas. Madame presides in her lilac dress, like a weary priestess at a rite. The self-conscious geometry of the poses, dominated by the black angular legs of the girl in the foreground, reinforces the plush silence...
...Holy Names Academy she was gregarious and peppy; Sister Bernadine Casey remembers a "pleasant, lovely and active student" who had a "gift for writing." Kitty made the cheerleading squad and was elected "Friendliest Girl" for four years running. She was chosen the school's "Lilac Princess," and rode a float in the annual Lilac Festival parade...
...always had problems to go to Kendall square by myself. Kendall square has always been scary," said Lilac Muller, an MIT sophomore...
Meanwhile, the South Korean tobacco monopoly is trying to keep up with the American firms by using the same advertising ploy--targeting specific sectors of the population, such as teenagers and women. Since the opening of the market, the South Korean monopoly has developed and marketed cigarette brands called "Lilac," "Jade" and "Rose," especially intended to lure women into the habit...
...Renoir once held court have long since given way to appliance stores and garages, but the artistic oases of the Left Bank have remained hospitable. Montparnasse reached its height during the 1920s, when Hemingway used to sit and write stories in the Closerie des Lilas, which had been a lilac-shaded country tavern during the 17th century. Hemingway complained bitterly when the management tried to attract a younger clientele by tarting up the bar and ordering all the waiters to shave off their mustaches. The Closerie is once again cozily moribund, and Hemingway, like the friendly red lampshades, has become...