Many a sorrowing weekend market shopper has found to their peril that upon attempting to retrace their steps through the labyrinthine lanes, that perfect little floral dress or hand-made candelabra has apparently vanished into the heady market air, never to be seen again.
This business may take a long time and only really brilliant designers will survive to the end while others will stay just selling hand-made or a few collections.
In fact, the whole resort is quite simplistic in design, if you look past its gravity-defying guest room wings: basic wooden slats are placed in straight or diagonal stripes, poured concrete provides dividers between the expansive living areas and dining room, every piece of furniture or pillow is locally made by hand, and there are no televisions just acres of glass overlooking the seal-grey sea and the ever-changing weather.
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This kind of authenticity has become its own form of luxury: Where else will you find wide-legged trousers made of hand-dyed tweed, or old-school shirting combined with thick cashmere and a flirty take on tartan?
He never exhibited any sense of self-pity over the hand he was dealt, or regret about the choices he had made.
On the other hand, if the donor would have made the gift or payment notwithstanding the election, it does not become a contribution merely because the gift or payment might have some impact on the election.
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Columnar in shape, falling from the shoulders to the ground, with sometimes a silk cord at the waist or under the bust, it is made from China silk that has been hand-worked into thousands of vertical pleats a process invented by Fortuny, and one that invests the silk with both iridescence and a springy eternal life.
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It's precisely this threat of forcing companies that have made big investments in broadband to hand over that capacity to rivals or users at government-fixed prices that is preventing progress.
Alternatively they could go to someone like Mr Zygmuntowicz, Mr Greiner or another well-established modern violin-maker and get a beautifully hand-crafted instrument specially made for them at a price they can afford.
It is the resourceful, enterprising folk among us the kind who prefer hand-made cards to store bought ones, who like to individualize their furniture with paint or stencils that are acting as early adopters of the substance and enthusiastically Tweeting a photo of the way they have used it to personalize or repair something.
Other amendments made this week include informing company directors if their staff are asked to hand over the passwords or encryption keys used to protect e-mail.
White House officials have made clear that Mr. Obama won't arrive with a new peace proposal in hand or seek to coax longtime foes to a negotiating table.
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