Sentences with phrase «from jade»

Ahead of Myanmar's election last year, the Global Witness investigation Jade: Myanmar's «Big State Secret» revealed a string of notorious military figures and drug lords secretly controlling and profiting from the jade industry.

These include: a marble recreation of his father's armchair; two sets of humble cosmetics bottles fashioned from jade; various handmade facsimiles of coat - hangers and pairs of handcuffs; as well as the window handles taken from Beijing taxis, which appear to be readymades, only remade in clear glass.

While a small show, it managed to include an ensemble of work ranging from jade disks dating to the late Neolithic period, found photos from mid-century America, bronze sculptures from the 1980s, and works on paper by several contemporary artists.

Artefacts and jewellery made from the jade can be purchased from the factory and the Cowell Jade Motel.

The silvery confection had an icy blue sheen that seemed to differ slightly from the jade hue of the runway.

The inception of the idea really did come from a jaded place.

Coming from a jaded place is hardly the way to approach a topic.

Adam Horovitz plays an archivist whose new, young assistant Naomi (Emily Browning) provokes jealousy from his therapist wife and suspicion from her jaded sister Gwen.

She goes from jaded Empire citizen («It's not a problem if you don't look up,» she says of the imperial flag) to full - blown gun - toting revolutionary working out her daddy issues at the heart of the Rebel Alliance.

Starring Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment, the flick follows a young boy who can communicate with people who don't know they're dead as he seeks help from a jaded child psychologist.

The charm of its ending, the necessary wedding scene which employs a Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves style cameo and an over-the-credits Bollywood number earn this film a lot of smiles from this jaded reviewer precisely because this adaptation never aims for self - serious brooding that seems to have taken over the genre in recent years.

Anna: The Plaza Suite is located in Midtown, which gets a bad reputation from jaded New Yorkers but for visitors it's actually quite convenient.

Not exact matches

As a jaded marketer, I often question the ability to learn anything new from reports like this — but working in concert with some quality partners made all the difference.

As a child, McCarthy received a precious jade and gold necklace from her grandmother, a gift which got her hooked on jewelry.

The meticulously stocked boutique is an attempt to mesmerize even the most jaded New York shopper: verdant murals of fruits and nymph - like creatures and rich wood panelling provides an organic backdrop for the clothing while halogen lights beaming from every direction, even the floor, reflect off a central glass staircase.

It would have been easy to requisition a jaded - cleric type from central casting, perhaps give him a few eccentricities, and then knock off for the day.

He says that he «discovered that most of these older people were survivors of similar community - building experiments from the 1970s» and had become jaded and cynical.

Indoors, the color scheme draws inspiration from the soft green and multitude of other hues found naturally in jade stone.

Not with the general premise that he could do with a rest after looking a bit jaded in the last few games since coming back from his long haul travels during the international break, although Alexis does strike me as super fit and one of those players like Messi and Ronaldo that is happy to play all the time.

Physically it was an intense game on Sunday from what we have analysed and we were a bit jaded tonight.

But how can he say the some players were «jaded» from Sunday's ManU game, yet still trudge out the same starting IX?

I just think Bellerin is beyond out of form at the moment and after all the flak he got from fans in the stadiums lately, probably mentally jaded.

I felt we were in a bother we played on Wednesday a hard match where we scored 6 goals so Thursday every one was off with only Friday to work on the match we were jaded so the good news we did not concede and at the end we could have won it we surely missed carzola but if xaka was available it would have helped ramsey and geroud was unavailable too I felt we should have played with lucas peres from the start but all in all we did nt loose and now on with Tuesday

i am not too bothered by the manner we won today the most important thing is the 3 pts remember burnley beat liverpool not so long ago, also for the people who thought the title was already lost after just a few games (which by the way was stupid to think) well not only man city got beaten but their team looked jaded / tired and even though they have a very good squad they missed de bruyne terribly, it is not the same team without him they couldn, t create any chances which is good news, it can, t be good for a team to depend so much on one player (we should know a thing or two about this) in case he gets injured hopefully we have moved on from this and can deal with injuries to our players in case it happens to us, we had our fair share and it is time for us and to watch other teams getting depleted, COYG.

We can take some heart from the fact that the striker did look fresher in the first three group games, after just a short break, so we can hope that the three weeks or so he will have after the Final will be enough to recharge his batteries, because he did look jaded last night.

It's always the ref, being jaded from fixture congestion, being unlucky, always any or all of those three things.

And how many times have we heard Wenger say (after a bad result) that we where a bit jaded from the midweek game.......?

Can't wait for the usual we were jaded and naive comments from wenger.

Essentially, Liverpool have lost their best attacking played in Sadio Mane to injury, whilst other two starts up top, Philippe Coutinho and Roberto Firmino are expected to be jaded after a lack of time to recover from playing in Brazil only a few days before today's kick off.

Older women tend to be more accomplished and worldly but jaded, generally unimpressed by men as a point of ego or political correctness and bitter from bad experiences.

Stay from these aging feminist sluts and date younger, hotter women (preferably foreign) who have not been infected as heavily by modern feminist beliefs and are not as bitter and jaded as these old hags who believe this feminist nonsense.

A coat of fresh paint can instantly breathe new life into your ageing fence and take your lawn from looking jaded to awe - inspiring.

Maybe I was jaded the second time around, maybe I was just too darned exhausted from caring for a toddler and a colicky baby.

I just hope the judgment you've suffered from others doesn't jade you to the point that you become judgmental yourself of parents who choose different practices.

You can choose from violet, burgundy, basic black, rose, true blue and grayed jade colors.

The problem for us is that so many kids» palates are jaded from a diet high in sodium that they think unless they get that salty buzz on their tongue, the food is bland (or in their favorite negative, «nasty».)

«With JADE we've observed plasmas upwelling from the upper atmosphere to help populate Jupiter's magnetosphere.

But a team of astronomers recently discovered something odd enough to make even their most jaded colleagues take notice: a vast fountain of antimatter that appears to be spewing from our galaxy's center.

Two stone carvings at the eighth - century city of Cancuén tell the story of King Taj Chan Ahk, who filled the royal coffers from trade in jade, obsidian, and quetzal feathers.

Ruben admitted that people living around Washington sometimes become jaded toward the seemingly endless succession of marches, protests and political actions, but the applause, laughter and cheers coming from the audience conveyed genuine enthusiasm.

In a press briefing at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City, Mexican archeologists say that the new rooms contained thousands of objects, including carved statues, rubber balls, jade from Guatemala and a wooden box of shells.

Rare - Jade Riddle Cracked In 1804 naturalist Alexander von Humboldt returned to France from the Americas with jade artifacts crafted by the Olmecs.

Dr. Streicher warned that slippery jade eggs could be hard to retrieve from the vaginal canal and lead to scratching as you desperately try to grab hold.

Eventually, you go from being an optimistic seeker and wanting to make the world a better place to a burned - out, jaded, and closed - hearted person; you turn into a skeptic with a Ph.D. in why things didn't work out for you.

If you're a beauty buff, chances are you've taken note as jade tools, lymph - as - skin care, and specific techniques like gua sha have made their way from fringe alternative skin care treatments into mainstream consciousness.

Impress those jaded food lovers in your group with muhammara, a Syrian roasted - pepper - and - walnut spread, from one of my favorite foodie friends, Allison.

Next, grab the jade roller and slowly roll it upward and outward from the center of your face.

Nowadays, you can buy a jade roller easily (we like this one from Ling) and re-create this ancient ritual at home.

These affectionate names always saved us from being jaded experts and put us back to the state of being enthusiastic beginners.

Anything from a ceramic soup spoon to a honed animal horn to a piece of polished jade will do the trick.