Word: mimic
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...with sexy ad campaign - was more a comment on the world of commerce than an attempt to participate in it. And when they started making clothes, it was to attract attention rather than sales. In 1998 they launched the Atomic Bomb collection, featuring shirts stuffed with helium balloons to mimic a mushroom cloud. After that came the Babushka collection, a single model wearing nine layers of beaded clothing. "We decided we were too much picked up by the art world, so we did couture," says Horsting. "It was a good way to get our name out," says Snoeren. The fashion...
...African American Studies has found a creative way to offer students a wide array of African language classes. The recently unveiled African Languages Program is a welcome addition to the department that will enhance the academic experiences of students at Harvard, and other departments should monitor this program and mimic its success...
Researchers at IFF and other flavor companies have ways to get around that. A critical element in fatty foods is mouth feel--the creamy, palate-coating character of, say, thick pudding or cheesy lasagna. Scientists can mimic that feel with substances such as starches, polysaccharides or lactones (a natural product of fermentation). These lower-cal alternatives can give food a higher-cal feel. "When you create the impression of fat," says Miller, "you also enhance flavor...
...Crew’s understandable but unpleasant lack of assiduity. Furthermore, UNICCO’s workers alert students in advance of their visits such that they can plan around them—generally not the case with Dorm Crew’s notoriously erratic schedule. Indeed, Dorm Crew should mimic their professional counterparts and establish in the various Houses timetables to which they can remain relatively faithful...
...seeds in resin-sealed cones that can be opened only by intense heat. "What you have to keep asking yourself is what range of fire frequency and severity a particular forest has experienced," says Tania Schoennagel, a University of Colorado researcher who studies postfire recovery. "Using forestry practices to mimic these fires is O.K., but if you mimic fires outside that forest's experience, then I think you're doing the forest harm...