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Thirty million dollars can buy a Van Gogh, a private island, or??self-proclaimed antiques representative Paul T. Marino hopes—a pair of black walnut trophy oars. Harvard’s crew team scored the oars in 1852 after beating Yale in the first athletic competition between the two schools, reports the Los Angeles Times. But it wasn’t just the precursor to a greater rivalry; amazingly, the Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H. race was the first intercollegiate sporting competition in the United States. The oars came into the possession of the Marino family...

Author: By Jessica X.Y. Rothenberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: For Better Oar Worse | 12/13/2006 | See Source »

...cosmetic giants were the first ones in the wrinkle war, and they're still pouring money into it. L'Or??al's research team, for example, spent seven years developing Pro-Xylane, a modified version of xylose, a sugar molecule that helps the skin's moisture reservoirs, called glycosaminoglycans. The new patented ingredient graces what the company immodestly touts as "the most technologically advanced antiaging treatment around": Lancme's Absolue Premium bx ($132 for 2.6 oz. of the night formula). Alan Meyers, L'Or??al USA's senior vice president of research and development, says, "The real question...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buying Your New Face | 10/31/2006 | See Source »

...stand alongside the author in applauding the College’s recent decision to abolish its early action policy. It does represent an important step towards Harvard’s recruitment of “the very best,” as Bronshtein labels them, regardless of socioeconomic, geographic, or??—for lack of better term—scholastic origin. It is true; the admissions process is a complex and unwieldy one. Surely mistakes are made in selection. That said, Bronshtein’s attack of admissions as lacking the truly “meritocratic?...

Author: By Joseph D. Mcgeehin, | Title: Harvard Is A Community Of Individuals, Not Statistics | 9/22/2006 | See Source »

Wine as beauty regimen? Aeronautically refrigerated face cream? These are not ideas you would expect to come out of a Procter & Gamble or L'Or??al, no matter how many millions of dollars such conglomerates invest in research. But for smaller brands?many of which are hot targets?the more offbeat the idea, the better. Mathilde Thomas, co-founder of the French vinotherapy brand Caudalie, feels that smaller brands can take risks, ultimately, and that's what keeps the consumer interested...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beauty: Euro Stars | 9/11/2006 | See Source »

...opposite by Chanel (Bergdorf Goodman, 888-774-2424). Chanel brooch (Neiman Marcus, 888-888-4757) and Wolford Velvet de Luxe tights (Wolford, 800-965-3673). This page: Louis Vuitton Shetland-wool pocket top, fox-fur skirt, wool hat and Babouche pump louisvuitton.com) Model: Doutzen Kroes for L'Or??al Paris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Is Fashion Shaping Up? | 9/11/2006 | See Source »

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