China luxury battles shifting tastes China’s luxury shoppers are shifting away from flashy labels toward more subtle designs‚ according to an HSBC report. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- At first blush‚ it looks like luxury has a China problem. After a blockbuster 2011‚ major upscale brands Burberry and Louis Vuitton recently shook up this rarefied world by reporting a slowdown in their China sales. But the China luxury story is murkier than it appears. That’s because sales remained strong at key fashion
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The youth of America that once went out to play baseball with there friends‚ go to a matinee‚ or even simply go on a walk together do so no longer. Now millions of America’s youth spend hours every week on the Internet making friends and talking to each other online. The two leading networking websites to date would be Myspace and Facebook. Which of the two is better? No one is quite certain because students choose to us both. However‚ most indeed do prefer one to the other. Both Facebook and Myspace
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hallow – v. to make holy syn: bless; consecrate ant: desecrate 9. hermetic – adj. tightly sealed syn: airtight 10. hospice – n. a shelter for travelers‚ orphans‚ destitute or the ill 11. meretricious – adj. attractive in a cheap; flashy way syn: gaudy‚ showy‚ tawdry ant: restrained; tasteful 12. orifice – n. mouth; opening 13. perdition– n. damnation; ruin; hell 14. querulous – adj. complaining; grumbling syn: fretful; peevish ant: complacent; satisfied
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Katie Laban December 18‚ 2012 Period 5 The Withering of the American Dream In his novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays the withering of the American Dream through examples of decreased moral values including materialism‚ corruption of the upper class‚ and the idea of love. The main character‚ Jay Gatsby‚ is a wealthy bachelor living on the coast of West Egg who is known around town for throwing the most lavish of parties. The mysterious man never attends his own parties‚ and
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sure to shave and trim your sideburns and beards or mustaches. Getting a haircut—whether male or female—is a good idea on the day before an important interview. Furthermore‚ you want to make sure your nails are trimmed. And if you are a woman‚ avoid flashy nail colors; again‚ this might distract the interviewer. Women should also avoid excessive make-up. Rather‚ use make-up only to accent your natural features‚ avoiding too much blush or too bright a lipstick. In addition to good attire‚ meticulous
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military hats‚ field jackets‚ Timberland boots were especially popular in New York City‚ and the West Coast contributed the wearing of oversized flannel shirts. Also in the 90’s‚ Sean "Puffy" Combs‚ influenced hip hop fashion with his loud‚ flashy PVC aviator inspired suits and platinum jewelry. After platinum replaced gold as the most popular precious metal‚ it became regular for artists to wear platinum jewelry‚ with large amounts of diamonds. Jewelry later became a source of bragging rights
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Kmart’s main weakness was that it had an aspiration to be all things to all people its dabblings in drug stores‚ home improvement stores‚ bookstores‚ cafeterias and specialty stores in the 1980s and early 1990s seemed to spread the company very thin. This focus on diversification is just one example of how the retailer has often not made the wisest choices when faced with a tight spot. By the 1980s‚ just before the rise of Wal-Mart‚ Kmart had become complacent. It believed it would be the
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In Chaucer’s General Prologue there varies many different characters of all sorts within every social class. Many of these characters kind of reflect off of each other or they are polar opposite of another as well. It goes both ways. But within this prologue i’ve learned there’s not just one or two different people there are many different types of people i’m assuming of all races. So many roles back then compared to now. These characters resemble and reveal the author’s purpose by showing how they
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In today ’s society‚ people spend their whole life searching for happiness. It can be argued that people will never find true happiness‚ because as humans‚ we don ’t know what it means to be truly happy. Many believe that achieving true happiness can only be done by achieving the American Dream first. However‚ once an individual achieves the American Dream‚ will he or she truly be happy? Is money happiness? Through characters Jay Gatsby from the novel "The Great Gatsby"‚ and Christopher Gardner from
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situations‚ real-life gangsters‚ or crime news have often been used in crime films. Gangster/crime films are usually set in large‚ jam-packed cities‚ to provide a view of the covert world of the gangster: contraband‚ dark nightclubs or streets with flashy neon signs‚ super cars‚ tons of cash‚ bars‚ run down homes or boarding houses. Unusual locations for crimes often add an element of adventure and wealth. Writers conjured up appropriate gangland lingo for the tales‚ such as "tommy guns" or "molls
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