Word: sash
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...Many departments and schools have their own green groups. Each of these groups runs a variety of programs to change the habits within its fief, many of which have been successful. Salient among these programs are green competitions—the Green Cup in the College, the Shut the Sash Competition, which pays labs to close energy-hungry fume hoods, run by the Green Labs program, the Green Skillet contest run by HUDS, and other similar programs across campus—in which groups are rewarded for reducing their environmental impact...
...made it clear when she had transitioned into another person. She wove together almost 20 narratives using a few simple props and voice changes in an elegant feat of resourcefulness. Her stagehand, a young woman concealed in black, frequently slipped onto the stage to add a table or a sash. While acting as the former governor of Texas, the late Ann Richards, Smith thanked the help when she put dinner on the table, integrating the stage hand in the performance to indicate Richards’ possession of servants. In a lighter moment, Smith, as English and aesthetics professor Elaine Scarry...
...political dust kicked up by the allegations were in contrast to the smooth ceremony at her swearing in. The traditional presidential sash and baton of power were handed to her by her husband, the outgoing chief executive. There were no questions about popular support: Fernandez was more than 20 percentage points ahead of her closest rival. Kirchner's own accession four years before had been much less smooth. Having lost in the first round of voting against former President Carlos Menem, he became president only when Menem bowed out of the second round, acceding to office with only...
...Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali to power on Nov. 7, 1987. Educated in France and the U.S., Ben Ali was Prime Minister when he ousted Habib Bourguiba, the founder of modern Tunisia. Today, celebratory billboards around Tunis hail the 71-year-old Ben Ali, often pictured wearing his ceremonial sash and medals...
When buyers insisted in 1987 that brides needed sleeves, Aberra stuck to her vision and created a sleeveless organza design that remains a best seller. In 2003, when bridal buyers were resisting color, she created a dress with a pale blue sash that was that year's most popular style. This season Aberra is banking on the "destination" dress, an airy tulle princess-line gown designed for brides who want to get married on a beach...