Sentences with phrase «from ivory»

White comes in so many different subtle shades from ivory to cream to ecru that when put together they create different depths of white - on - white which look clean, wintry and fabulous.

I like that this candelabra comes with strand of crystal accents hanging from the ivory curlicues on each arm.

Scientists need not speak from their ivory towers, nor do they need to adopt the manipulative tactics of advertisers.

I've been providing opinions and advice about the marketplace — not from some ivory tower but from being actively engaged with buyers and sellers on a day - to - day basis.

Scientists need not speak from their ivory towers, nor do they need to adopt the manipulative tactics of advertisers.

The response from the ivory tower has been to tout their luxury services and encourage an increased focus on rankings, which necessarily reflect the initial distribution of prestige and are a conservative (backwards looking) hierarchy - perpetuating force.

We will call this new category of posts — of course to be taken with a grain of salt — Neues aus dem Elfenbeinturm, news from the ivory tower.

«Earnings from the ivory trade is sustaining the Janjaweed,» Michael Wamithi, former head of the Kenya Wildlife Service and now director of the elephant program for the International Fund for Animal Welfare, told Newsweek in March.

EIA: Fighting to Protect Elephants The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has been campaigning to protect elephants from the ivory trade for more than 25 years.

Most notably, Parties will be required to submit DNA samples from ivory seizures of more than 500 kg to an appropriate facility for source analysis.

The Brussel Declaration strikes me as an impractical pronouncement from the ivory tower.

WWF have recently, along with others, linked the ivory trade with wars and «terrorism», although many of us have been saying this since the 80s when wars in Angola, Mozambique, Somalia and Sudan were part funded by money from ivory sales.

Maybe one of the folks here from the ivory tower can peek behind the paywall.

I find it sort of funny to see so many comments which jump from ivory tower science to economic models and skip over the critical items.

His larger legacy will be that he provided the world with new hope and inspiration that Africa's elephants could be saved from the ivory slaughter.

It is really about time that climate modellers who are posting on this blog came down from their ivory towers and had a look at the real world.

Gillick is renowned as an artist of context; his life's works have strayed from the ivory tower of autonomy and made the assertion that everything is part of something.

He correctly points out, later in his letter, that the power of games seems to lie in discussion; in the two - way conversation of creator and player rather than the broadcasting of ham - handed rhetoric from an ivory tower.

Sociologists from their ivory towers tell us that by giving beggars money we will be causing them more harm than good.

Scientists need not speak from their ivory towers, nor do they need to adopt the manipulative tactics of advertisers.

He will also participate in the roundtable event with a presentation called «What I wish I knew about clinical pathology when I was in practice: Tips, tricks, and pitfalls from the ivory tower to the trenches.»

This ranges from an ivory cream to a deep russet mahogany.

When Bubbles the elephant was rescued from ivory poachers in Africa, she was brought into a safari reserve in the United States for rehabilitation.

The view must be nice from your ivory tower.

I'm happy that publishers are finally descending from their ivory towers to seize their companies» destinies in their own hands.

Your comments (and subsequent others) seem to come from the ivory tower, whereas I have seen actual results.

Instead of bringing ideas from the ivory tower to the schools, we began to work together to define needs and to propose ways to meet the needs.

It's rare that an idea goes from the ivory tower to think tanks to actual implementation by a democratically elected body to helping citizens.

Candyman deals with transgression: the interracial romance; the intrusion of the white woman from the ivory tower into the ghetto of poor, inner - city blacks in their industrial oubliette; and eventually the invasion of institutions of economic and social privilege by a vengeful wraith from America's colonialist past.

Helena Bonham Carter is also good, if under - used, as a one - legged madam who shoots bullets from an ivory prosthesis.

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Scientists need not speak from their ivory towers, nor do they need to adopt the manipulative tactics of advertisers.

Choose from ivory or white for a traditional wedding feel, but maintain your own personality and flair with the light, open front split and alluring, revealed back.

Elegant long and narrow ivory wainscot powder room is illuminated by a white glass bulb pendant hung from an ivory wainscot ceiling above a wood herringbone floor in front of a inset vanity mirrors fixed above a porcelain and brass sink vanity finished with an antique brass faucet.

Everything about it breathes perfection — from ivory Chantilly lace with silver threads to satin stitch embroidery spilling flowers all over the fabric.

Sweetness — A feminine dotted veil made from ivory spotted tulle with a hand cut edge — right on trend at the moment.

Princess Claire's Elie Saab wedding dress was made from an ivory - coloured silk, intricately embroidered with Chantilly lace floral designs, and silver thread.

This medium weight tweed boucle is woven from ivory yarn, with pops of turquoise, green and orange for an interesting color twist.

It's cut from ivory cotton - blend jersey and has a smooth brushed backing that feels so soft.

This relaxed piece is made from ivory cotton - jersey with a looped terry interior.

The line carries a nice selection of basics (tees, tanks and leggings), dresses, jackets, shorts and tops in shades ranging from ivory to espresso.

The fruit ranges from ivory to yellow / orange in color.

If you are considering jumping from the ivory tower of academic research to a career in the pharmaceutical industry, my experience may lend you some insight.

Now Wasser takes the DNA signature straight from the ivory, enabling him to track exactly where elephants were killed.

To get to this point, the sleuths had managed to succeed where other investigators had failed; they had figured out how to successfully extract high - quality DNA from ivory, and they had done so by picking up a few tips from orthodontists and forensic scientists.

In 2003, Wasser figured out how to extract DNA from ivory.

«When we get profiles from the ivory, they're beautiful — much clearer than from scat, which has a lot of [organic] noise.»

Rumour has it that Britain's universities are jam - packed full of bright ideas struggling to escape from those ivory towers.

A Steven Rose or a Richard Dawkins, coming down from the ivory tower to explain things to lesser mortals, is, other things being equal, a more likely contender for this particular prize than a journalist such as Nigel Henbest or Roger Highfield, devoting themselves full - time to the art of communication.

«Evidence from ivory DNA identifies two main elephant poaching hotspots.»