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In the News (Fri 17 Feb 12)

  
  New Look - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The New Look was the name given to the women's clothing fashions introduced by Parisian fashion designer Christian Dior in the spring of 1947.
New Look is also a chain of high street shops in Britain, popular with the younger adolescents.
New Look was also the Eisenhower administration's Cold War national security policy.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Look   (313 words)

  
 New Look
New Look is to open a new buying office in London in order to help recruit more experienced staff, and the company has said it will continue to relocate up to 30 stores a year to larger sites.
New Look is acquiring a 51% stake in New Min of France for £9.5m, and the two companies will merge their French discount fashion outlets into a new group.
New Look is planning to open 77 fashion outlets over the next five years to take the total to 556, and the average size will increase by 75%.
www.ukbusinesspark.co.uk /newlooka.htm   (554 words)

  
 Dior's New Look   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The "New Look" actually was born in 1947, created by Christian Dior.
It was a backlash from WWII's stringency, and was typically defined by the generousy use of luxurious fabrics, a wasp-waisted silhouette with widely flared skirts.
The "Fifties" fashion stereotype of the "poodle skirt and pony tail" is a pale imitation of Dior's Breakout style.
www.mutoworld.com /Dior.htm   (56 words)

  
 Color change to $20 bills imminent - Mar. 5, 2003
A new $50 came in 1997, followed by the $20 in 1998 and new $5 and $10 notes in 2000.
New features on those notes included new ink that appeared fl from one angle and green from another; a watermark, visible only when holding the bill up to the light; and a security strip that ran vertically through the bill.
The color in the new bills won't be a problem for the bill-acceptor machines his company makes, he said, but certain aspects of the bills' new appearance will require adjustments.
money.cnn.com /2003/03/05/news/money   (456 words)

  
 U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing | New Money | Welcome
Highlighted by images of the Statue of Liberty's torch and the words "We the People" from the U.S. Constitution, the new $10 note incorporates easy-to-use security features for people to check their money and subtle background colors in shades of orange, yellow and red.
New money designs are being issued as part of an ongoing effort to stay ahead of counterfeiting, and to protect the economy and the hard-earned money of U.S. currency users.
The new series began with the introduction of the $20 note on October 9, 2003, and continued with the $50 note issued on September 28, 2004.
www.moneyfactory.com /newmoney   (227 words)

  
 History's New Look (washingtonpost.com)
Looking at objects, however, is far from the only experience the visitor will have as this museum dramatically illustrates "a native authority" in its architecture, landscaping, exhibition text and even the food in the cafe.
It purposely looks like a natural mass that has been hammered for years by wind and rain, a sign of native unity with nature.
In trying to correct past museum practices, curators and designers of the new museum met with nearly 150 communities from Central and South America, the Caribbean, Canada and the United States.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A16880-2004Sep12.html   (922 words)

  
 LOOK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
LOOK created the very first modern clipless pedals in 1984, and cycling hasn’t been the same since.
Look’s composite design experience is unparalleled, ranging from some of the very first carbon frames in 1986 to the ultra modern 585 frameset–which features a carbon bottom bracket shell–mated to the HSC 5 fork, 100% monocoque carbon from the forged carbon dropouts to the top of the steerer.
LOOK’s other carbon masterpiece, the 496 Athena (and all of its predecessors) is light years ahead of everything else in the industry with its full monobloc construction and innovative, aerodynamic fork profile.
www.lookcyclesusa.com   (477 words)

  
 New Look Windows - Replacement Windows, Doors and Conservatories.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
New Look Windows manufacture and install replacement windows, doors and conservatories to enhance any home.
From the most modest sun-lounge to a luxurious Victorian conservatory, New Look Windows can build the conservatory that is just right for you and the needs of your family.
New Look windows, doors and conservatories all carry a full written 10 year guarantee which can be insurance backed for total peace of mind.
www.newlookwindows.com   (547 words)

  
 Girards New look
If there is an overall motif in Girard’s conceiving and shaping for Braniff, it may be that of the New World, combined with the influences of such races as the Aztec, Incas, Mayas and Hopis.
Braniff advertised that the new look in travel was literally taking off with “flying colors”.
The new “Braniff International” name would appear on the aircraft fuselage along with the “BI” logo and on the tail in fl.
www.braniffinternational.org /image/girardsnewlook.htm   (411 words)

  
 How Global Warming May Cause the Next Ice Age...
If you look at a globe, you'll see that the latitude of much of Europe and Scandinavia is the same as that of Alaska and permafrost-locked parts of northern Canada and central Siberia.
Their instruments were so sensitive that when they analyzed the ice core samples they brought up, they were able to look at individual years of snow.
Looking at the ice cores, however, scientists were shocked to discover that the transitions from ice age-like weather to contemporary-type weather usually took only two or three years.
www.commondreams.org /views04/0130-11.htm   (2005 words)

  
 deseretnews.com | Utah unveils new-look helmets
Inspired by the slick look of Oregon's green helmets, Utah's changes have meet with the approval of head coach Urban Meyer and his team's leadership committee.
Oregon officials weren't all that enthused about sharing the secret of their new look, but Wiscomb discovered the process after consulting with connections at Nike.
The new paint job is one of just a handful of alterations to Utah's helmets over the past two decades.
deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,595080287,00.html   (523 words)

  
 phoenixnewtimes.com | Alternative News Weekly
Phoenix is the fifth-largest city in the country, but it doesn't look like it, particularly its dead-after-dark downtown.
In a New Times special project, we examine how downtown got this way and what must be done if Phoenix is to become a world-class city.
New Times staff writer John Dougherty spent months examining a culture of sexual abuse and psychological torment in the secretive, isolated polygamist Mormon communites that straddle the Arizona-Utah border north of the Grand Canyon.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com   (294 words)

  
 MSN Search Gets New Look; Microsoft Gets New Search Engine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Microsoft itself describes its new search technology as "raw" and admits that for various reasons, it won't do well on some queries.
The alternative of tabs, resurrected by Google after AltaVista abandoned them, were recently dropped by Google itself and are going in the new look Yahoo's testing.
In a future part of my series on paid inclusion, I'll be looking more at this and how when it comes to specialized search, paid inclusion may be more acceptable to some.
www.searchenginewatch.com /searchday/article.php/3376041   (2139 words)

  
 New Orleans CityBusiness -- New Orleans CityBusiness   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
NEW ORLEANS — Standard Coffee Service Co. and The Idea Village have established a fund to assist local business owners who were impacted by Hurricane Katrina.
The fund, called Beans for New Orleans will be used to help disaster victims rebuild their businesses in the aftermath of the storm.
NEW ORLEANS -- The death toll attributed to Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana has grown to 1,053, according to figures released Tuesday.
www.neworleanscitybusiness.com   (580 words)

  
 Google's New Look & New File Types
New "tabs" were introduced yesterday, to give users easier access to the search engine's features.
Its foray into being a portal, complete with a massive amount of new links and content added to the home page, is a major reason why even AltaVista admits it lost pure search users.
Google won't say exactly which new document types are to be added, but it's fair to say that Microsoft Office formats, such as.doc and.xls, will probably be among them.
www.searchenginewatch.com /sereport/01/10-google.html   (835 words)

  
 WinXPcentral - Main Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Look, any IT person will tell you the easier it is for the end user the harder it is on the IT Department to make it all work.
Two new versions of a virus first reported in May are staging renewed attacks against computers in Russia, encrypting files and then extorting money from victims to decode the files.
A built-in parental control system is hardly a new concept, but perhaps by spreading awareness about this feature to parents, we can prevent governments from censoring what can and can’t be featured in a video game; and prevent them from taking severe action against publishers and retailers that distribute this content.
www.win98central.com   (3060 words)

  
 MIKE DAVIS - PLANET OF SLUMS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The slow accretion of shanty towns to the shell of the city is punctuated by storms of poverty and sudden explosions of slum-building.
The new urban world is evolving with extraordinary speed and often in unpredictable directions.
Although Glasgow and New York were partial exceptions, ‘the line of interpretation that associates working-class detachment from the church with growing class consciousness is in a sense incontestable’.
www.newleftreview.net /NLR26001.shtml   (9189 words)

  
 Martin Presents New Look UPS
In the initial commercial, a brown box travels the globe.
As of today, each of the company's 1,700 facilities has at least one vehicle featuring the new design, according to John Beystehner, svp of worldwide sales and marketing at UPS.
One of the best-known vehicles to bear the new logo is Dale Jarrett's Ford Taurus.
www.adweek.com /aw/national/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1848494   (162 words)

  
 Nikon's new look logo: Digital Photography Review
The new logo keeps the yellow background and Nikon typeface but adds white 'rays' to the yellow background, which according to the press release "Add a graphic element of sequential rays, to represent the future, and express Nikon's mission, will and future possibilities".
The new symbol will be used at every opportunity to improve Nikon's brand value, and to promote the corporate values of Nikon and the Nikon group.
This is why we decided to develop a new brand symbol - a symbol that will help us to reconstruct the Nikon brand in such a way that it fulfills the needs of the new era.
www.dpreview.com /news/0303/03031901nikonlogo.asp   (397 words)

  
 New Look Group plc - Fact Sheet - Hoover's
Growing as fast as its teen customers, New Look Group sells clothing, lingerie, shoes, and accessories at more than 650 stores in the UK and France.
New Look targets tweens (pre-teens), teen girls, and their mothers (if they are hip) with budget-priced clothing.
There are 13 competitors for New Look; see more.
www.hoovers.com /new-look/--ID__58946--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml   (299 words)

  
 New Look for the Colorblind
While a new type of eyeglass lens won't bring a full rainbow of hues to the eyes of the colorblind, it may help some enjoy a more colorful life.
By slipping on eyeglass lenses with a unique coating that "fine tunes" the light entering the eyes, many of the 12 million colorblind people in the United States may, for the first time, be able to improve their ability to perceive some colors.
James Bailey, OD, PhD, a member of ColorMax's science advisory board and a faculty member at the Southern California College of Optometry in Fullerton, emphasizes that the new lens coating is not a cure for colorblindness.
my.webmd.com /content/article/12/1685_50290   (880 words)

  
 Antiques Journal, Comprehensive Coverage of the World of Antiques
New England Antiques Journal is a large format monthly magazine for antiques professionals and enthusiasts whose lifestyles center around antiques and older homes.
Coverage focuses on our region, but also looks at the world of antiques nationally and internationally.
Look for your copy at select newsstands and booksellers nationwide or call us to arrange a subscription for home delivery.
www.antiquesjournal.com   (165 words)

  
 New Look Interiors - interior redesign - Greenville, South Carolina
Interior redesign is the art of re-arrangement by using your existing furniture, artwork and accessories in a whole new way to create a visually pleasing space in just a few short hours.
Most clients are so excited that their own things have been used and that they don't need to start completely over to get a whole new look.
There are many ways of rearranging and giving your rooms a whole new look without spending thousands of dollars.
www.newlookinterior.com   (336 words)

  
 A New Look At An Old Earth, A Hypertext Book about Creationism
It also includes a new chapter on the surprising history of the young-earth teaching and the recent origins of flood geology.
A new appendix has also been added which answers the question of whether turning water into wine was an example of God creating false evidence.
As Roman Catholic Cardinals were afraid to look into Galileo's telescope for fear of what they might discover, some closed-minded Christians may choose not to take a look at A New Look at an Old Earth.
www.answers.org /newlook/NEWLOOK.HTM   (1602 words)

  
 Yahoo! Testing New Search Look
is testing a new look and feel for its search results pages, just a week after Microsoft's MSN made some changes of its own.
The new search look, currently being tested at new.search.yahoo.com, gives paid placement listings from Overture a consistent appearance: they are now all surrounded by colored boxes.
Microsoft's MSN took a similar approach when it unveiled its new look last week.
www.clickz.com /news/article.php/3377411   (366 words)

  
 NME.COM - News - THIS WEDNESDAY - YOUR NEW LOOK NME!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
NME will unleash its brand new look this week, giving you not only the most hard-hitting news and reviews, in-depth features and sharpest photography in the world, but also an exclusive CD hand-picked by THE STROKES.
The cover CD will feature tracks chosen by the kings of New York cool, The Strokes, and a rare demo version of 'Is This It'.
Amongst the completely new innovations that will be ingrained into the magazine every week will be your one-stop guide to everything you need in your life - 'The Agenda'.
www.nme.com /news/106158.htm   (409 words)

  
 BBC News | BUSINESS | M&S unveils new look
Retailer Marks & Spencer has unveiled the new look it hopes will help win back its place at the heart of Britain's High Streets.
The highest profile casualty of the new brand identity is the St Michael logo.
The 297 M&S stores will also get new looks with new staff uniforms and the trademark green carrier bags being scrapped.
news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/business/newsid_686000/686710.stm   (417 words)

  
 St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: New Look
The international public sensation which greeted the New Look took place in the context of post-World War II European austerity.
Life magazine is generally credited with christening the New Look and reported "shapely skirts, flowing to mid-calf with a myriad of hand pressed pleats [which] brought sculpture back into fashion, moulding drapery around the figure and highlighting the body's natural curves." Although it had established itself by the 1950s, the style was originally controversial.
The fashion world applauded the bold new design, but there was also dissent from women who felt this femininity was impractical for the work place.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_tov/ai_2419100888   (235 words)

  
 The New Look
According to New York-based Antony Todd, “There is a call to soften the strong, minimal look of the late '90s.
Matthew David Hopkins of New York-based Matthew David Events thinks that the appeal of the familiar is an important counterbalance to the ongoing pull of innovation.
Look for the mood of many events to be warm and embracing.”
specialevents.com /mag/meetings_new_look/index.html   (417 words)

  
 CBS News | New Interview Look For Single Mom | February 1, 2005 13:30:02
Nawaal Walker says she's ready for a whole new look to start a new chapter of her life.
Now, she's going back to school, and is looking for a job in criminal justice or insurance claims (Dress for Success has already helped her line up a job interview).
There were two things the stylist wanted to do to give Walker a new look: cut the ends of her hair and change the color.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/01/28/earlyshow/living/beauty/main670061.shtml   (707 words)

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