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...only after a reporter's prompting. "I believe the new cabinet has appropriate people placed in appropriate places," he told reporters. Jun Iio, a political science professor at Tokyo's National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, agrees, but says it will take more than that to restore Abe's luster: "Credibility can't be gained by a mere personnel change...
...Luxury Lost Its Luster (Penguin Press) Dana Thomas, a Paris-based journalist, traveled to factories in China to uncover the dark side of the democratization of fashion and highlight the price of "new" luxury...
...stars have burnished their luster. Tucker, the falsetto funnyman whose career was launched with sharp supporting roles in Money Talks and Friday, had made no non-Rush Hour films, none, in a decade. By some accounts Tucker is the world's highest paid actor, getting a reported $25 million for RH 3; yet he seems a star in seclusion from his own celebrity...
Rowling fills this book with the things she does best: intricate plotting and character development. Friendships are tested, romances get thorny, storylines materialize only to disappear and reemerge triumphantly all the more gorgeous for having been hidden. In this book, the old tricks are burnished to a riveting luster against the high stakes for both author and hero...
...pearls. The jewels now come in all shapes and sizes. Colors are equally diverse, ranging from the bright white of the Akoya variety to freshwater pastels to Tahitian black pearls. Unlike diamonds, pearls have no common grading system, and value is judged on seven factors: size, color, shape, luster, surface quality, nacre and how well they match. In the end, though, "it's really about what you like," says jeweler Alex Chan...