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...The skew to African American consumers is in part due to the fact that French spirits producers ignored the segregation mandated by America’s Jim Crow laws and “cultivated the African American market segment...
...Soon after, I also found myself on a podium holding an elephant-shaped ebony trophy after having won the round-robin group of the last cup of Nairobi’s polo season....
...The inspiration to be “first in something” came from Rogers’ mother, who was the first African-American woman to graduate from the University of Chicago Law School in 1946....
...More layered, responsive and vivid work also comes from the multidisciplinary artist Ebony G. Patterson....
...“This is a government that likes violence, so when you apply the law . . . they are very nervous.”...
...Australian corporate law requires changes to company bylaws to be agreed by shareholders before resolutions can be voted, a cumbersome process that makes any change more difficult....
...“I think it’s as big of a milestone, and builds off those earlier milestones,” said Joelle Lester, director of tobacco control for the Public Health Law Center, which has led several campaigns against the...
...Logging of rosewood and ebony is rife, with much of it smuggled to China and south-east Asia....
...wood from Madagascar and rosewood and ebony from India....
...On Argyle Street at the Ben Nevis, or in the disconcertingly beautiful Old Toll Bar on Paisley Road West, an orgy of gilt and ebony, whisky suits everyone: the grandfather buying his family 10 doubles with...
...Sandalwood trees destined for incense are confiscated by the trailer-load in Nepal, while in Madagascar valuable hardwoods, such as ebony, palisander and rosewood, are illegally harvested in rainforest parks...
...Though a Thatcher-era law (repealed in 2002) deprived the Saints of full British citizenship, the poverty eased in the 1980s....
...While pregnant, she received an “evil eye” bracelet from her Turkish mother-in-law as a gift of protection, and noticed that it constantly attracted attention....
...Conversely, Anna’s cuckolded husband Alexei Karenin (Jude Law) opts for more muted clothes....
...According to the affidavit, the ebony included in the shipment was illegal under a US law that bars the transport or sale of endangered woods and plants....
...A new association of advisers to the art market has been formed, spearheaded by the art law specialist Pierre Valentin....
...In 1870 Frederic Bazille painted “African Woman With Peonies”, an intriguing picture, for his sister-in-law, who gave birth in that very month....
...“When we did our design open call we saw a few new jewellery designers working with wood, especially ebony and cedar and porcelain,” says jewellery buyer Alex Stylianidis....
...Despite transparency laws, it seems many civil servants try to make money out of what they do, whether it be arranging a fire certificate or providing information about pension rights....
...Since his appointment, Mr Chu has not only redesigned the product but feminised the stores by using materials such as limestone, lacquer and ebony, and launched a new advertising campaign....
...installed a floor in polished pigmented cement, “which is lovely in ochre, say for a bathroom, and also not very expensive”, and filled the house with furniture and fabrics inherited from her mother-in-law...
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