Word: murano
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...Murano baubles were broken, the Dutchers should sue Iowa officials. By scheduling caucuses for Jan. 3, they managed to stuff presidential politics into the holidays. The ugly consequence: on snowy lawns, placards touting candidates compete with colored lights and wire reindeer. On television and radio, desperate pols vie with desperate retailers for the attentions of holiday audiences. Between the office party, the school pageant and the search for the elusive Wii, who has time for a meet-and-greet with one candidate? And who can volunteer to stuff envelopes at campaign headquarters when there are dozens of cards waiting...
...wars notwithstanding, Venice's relations with Islamic empires were deep and their influence enduring. The city's world-renowned Murano glass industry employed techniques learned from Anatolian workshops, while Venetian bookbinders and cartographers imitated their Arabic counterparts. One of the exhibit's showcase pieces - a hallowed marble throne from the Church of San Pietro di Castello in Venice - features a backrest that is actually a tombstone brought from Syria, still inscribed with Koranic scripture. The throne "tells a story," says curator Stefano Carboni, "of cultures in tune with each other, of mutual understandings." Venice declined as other European navigators explored...
Sales of small crossover vehicles are booming, which is why Nissan is building this four-cylinder, 170-h.p. model. Dubbed the mini-Murano, it launches in September...
Boldly styled and widely praised, the 350Z sports car, top, and Murano SUV fueled a sales revival in the U.S. They're now a few years old, however, and due for redesigns. The Murano is still going strong, but 350Z sales have slipped...
...design risks. Nissan's latest models aren't as distinctive as the first round Ghosn launched. For the latter, Ghosn gave Shiro Nakamura, the director of design, a mandate to be different, to craft a bold look for the brand. Nakamura delivered with models like the 350Z and Murano. In this latest cycle, designers weren't given as much free rein, according to James Sanfilippo, an analyst with Automotive Marketing Consultants. "They were worried about screwing up a good thing," he says...