Sentences with phrase «as ivory»

His work employed now - classic Art Nouveau themes and motifs: flowing, organic lines; forms based on animals, insects and flowers — all rendered in luxurious materials such as ivory, enamel, gold and semi-precious stones.

Cream kitchens are one of the most popular styles — with other colours such as ivory, off - white and buttermilk also popular choices.

Appellate judges are often perceived as ivory - tower idealists.

The World Wildlife Federation, he says, has a presence in Cameroon but rife with corruption, they can't stop the locals from hunting bushmeat or illegally exporting goods such as ivory.

Before elephants and other species used as ivory sources were recognized as endangered, trinkets like the carved ebony elephants with tiny ivory tusks (pictured at top) were common, and legal.

The brazen attack by Morgan and his crew also highlights the increasing clashes around the world between poachers, often backed by organized criminals, and wildlife rangers as demand for wildlife parts such as ivory, rhino horn, and tiger bones sky rocket.

Antiques dealers arrested as ivory seized in New York Three dealers from the Metropolitan Fine Arts and Antiques store were arrested in New York last week for selling ivory works of art without a licence, reports The Art Newspaper.

Art Deco decor is characterized by the use of materials such as aluminum, stainless steel, leather, lacquer, inlaid wood and exotic materials such as ivory, shark skin and zebra skin.

The campaign will encourage tourists to make informed decisions and help reduce demand for trafficking in persons, cultural artefacts, wildlife, fauna and flora such as ivory products, as well as counterfeit goods, and illicit drugs.

It comes in both this pretty shade of rose as well as ivory, and at $ 44 you can afford to get both if deciding between them turns out to be an impossibly hard decision.

I don't like the navy color quite as much (though I imagine the navy isn't as see - through as the ivory is).

It comes in so many colors and I own this one as well as ivory.

This means a chunky knit jumper, preferably in a neutral shade such as ivory, charcoal, stone or cream.

«As ivory becomes rarer, the price increases, leading to greater incentives for elephant poachers and illegal stockpilers of ivory,» he said.

Both graves included fancy items such as ivory beads and spears, armbands and carvings.

Fitzhugh of NMNH, for one, questions the reconception of the colony as an ivory - focused trading post and still thinks farming was more important.

As the ivory bill woodpecker for example.

For more than a millennium, farmers, shepherds and merchants went there from surrounding villages to exchange raw materials such as ivory, salt and animal skins for Persian glassware, Arabian spices and other exotic products.

In fact, people often think of Newman as an ivory tower intellectual who did little practical work.

But in the early 2000s, Bankman developed a unique reputation as an ivory tower professor who could navigate the scrum of politics.

You don't want it to be dismissed as an ivory tower exercise.

Not exact matches

King Leopold II «founded» the Congo Free State as «his own» private colony, and went on to make a huge fortune from it by forcing the Congolese into slave labor for ivory and rubber.

Unlike most razors, you can choose a DE89lbl that suits your own personal style, as you have the choice of many different handles, including smooth chrome, lined chrome for extra grip, faux ebony, faux ivory — heck, some retailers even sell a 24 carat gold plated version (for about double the price).

With regard to the Fed as an institution, there was a fair bit of criticism about their extremely academic and PhD / ivory tower viewpoint (again, echoing themes from «Fed Up»).

Recently, a former pastor wrote to me, concerned that I had disdain for him «as if he lived in an ivory tower».

But I very much doubt that in this day, save among the very few people who manage to live in splendid isolation from the world in some kind of private ivory tower, people are really as self - satisfied as that.

Catholics and other Christians too can look to Mary, just as her child Jesus did, and see in her purity and chastity a verification of the ideals of the Jewish tradition of «tower of David, tower of ivory, house of gold, ark of the covenant.»

Cooks can choose from ivory, red, or black quinoa; from sprouted quinoa; from Arzu (a blend of buckwheat, quinoa, beans, and spices); or from quinoa flakes or flour, as a starting point for cooking.

A hint of dark chocolate, drizzled in the same spare grid pattern as in the original recipe's photo, adds shape and definition to the subtle chocolate character of these ivory bars.

10 each GF ivory teff tortillas (such as from La Tortilla Factory) or other gluten free flour - style tortilla

But the tiny ivory - colored seed may actually be one of the oldest condiments — as well as one of the most nutritious seeds — known to man.

100 % cotton, birds eye weave, unbleached, tan or ivory colored, bleached white version also available, flat diapers are the most cost effective cloth diapering alternative, washing and folding instructions in English and Spanish are included in each package, fast drying on your cloths line or in your dryer, an environmentally responsible choice, also great as dish towels, burp cloths and as cleaning and polishing rags

You can easily wear the Naot «Trendy» in Peacock Patent Leather / Violet Nubuck with dark colors like black, navy, hunter green, as well as with neutrals like beige, ivory, gray, and browns.

Ever since the convention, Republican US Senate designee Bruce Blakeman has been slamming his primary opponent, David Malpass, accusing him of being an «ivory tower» candidate and portraying himself as a more down - to - earth, «pizza and beer» type of guy who really understands working people.

The ideological underpinnings of the North Korean citizen, are often reduced to mere speculation from an ivory tower perspective, yet the true — often «hidden» — meaning can only emerge as knowledge of (North) Korean culture, and language, accumulates.

The harsh environment in which they operate, deprived of natural resources or infrastructure to raid (such as in eastern DRC or the Niger delta), makes ivory and rhino horn trade that much more important.

Many in the crowd knew Gilliam as much for his appearance — he's six - foot - nine, bald, ivory - pale, and impossibly thin — as for his brilliance as a programmer and his passion for progressive causes.

Millions of dollars of ivory was destroyed in Central Park on Thursday as the state fights for elephants and against illegal ivory trade.

It would be wrong however to characterise this seat as being made up of academic quadrangles, ivory towers and Guardian reading students — most people here are not students.

These included rudimentary points made of sharpened bone, antler or ivory; more intricate, flaked stone tips popularly familiar as «arrowheads»; and a composite point made of bone or antler with razor blade - like stone microblades embedded around the edges.

We came across a ceremonial vase decorated with rams heads and a collection of ivory reliefs depicting lions and bulls that were probably once used as inlays for furniture.

EBay has already banned the sale of bullets, guns and pornography on its site and plans to crack down on endangered animal sales with the help of software filters that flag words such as «ivory» and prevent sellers from posting listings of illegal items, Cartwright said.

They exploited it not just for ivory, but also for food, Smiarowski says as he huddles in a dimly lit side room here to review recent finds.

The professors aren't content with just having made it up into the ivory tower; they want to bring others along, as well.

Greenland was a key source of walrus ivory, which was carved into luxury goods such as the famous 12th century Lewis chessmen from Scotland.

Although blurry and pixelated, the video images reveal five diagnostic features of the ivory - billed woodpecker, including its size (as determined based on the known trunk diameter of the tree on which the bird was perched), the distinctive black - and - white markings on its wings and the white plumage on its back.

These finds and others point to ivory — a product of Greenland's environment — as a linchpin of the Norse economy.

Although African elephants are listed as an endangered species, with between 500,000 and 600,000 left in the wild, some African countries continue to push for legalizing trade in ivory tusks.

Then, as now, the site focused on careers outside the ivory tower — that first feature was on careers in science journalism.

In my new disguise as a science information officer, I have finally infiltrated the world outside the ivory tower.