Moreover, virtually all securitizations took place in NY because its stricter laws provided a patina of security for the securities.
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New evidence has emerged which raises the question of whether Iran is engaging in a giant insurance fraud, replacing private insurance with a patina of coverage shrouded in mystery.
For Gazprom to succeed it needs to maintain a patina of respectability and fairness, something that will quickly become impossible if its persists in pricing its gas in such a completely arbitrary and haphazard manner.
Thanks to its beautiful styling and premium materials, the MX-1 develops a stunning patina impressing a history on the camera with each use.
Growing up in Maryland, just south of the Mason Dixon Line, I often let my wanderlust and imagination drift up the coast to a more perfect place of beautiful coastline, living history and a cultural patina that seemed a caste above my mid-Atlantic surroundings.
This lent a gentler patina to the game, according to James McManus, who teaches a course on the literature and science of poker at the Art Institute of Chicago (nice job, that).
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Once they have acquired a beautiful patina, he will fish them out and let us all share in the magic.
Afterwards, I warmed myself with the locally made contents of a flask while my feet turned a troubling patina of blue.
The omnipresent knotty wood paneling gleams with a golden patina, and the lobby is lit with twig-shaped sconces and three enormous antler chandeliers.
He believes it strips all the interest out of objects and, in the case of paintings and sculpture, robs them of the dignity of a dark patina.
Their Cotswolds foundry, called Pangolin (after the scaled African anteater with a bronzy patina) has worked closely with some of Britain's leading sculptors and conceptual artists including Phillip King, Jon Buck, Ann Christopher, Damien Hirst and the late Angus Fairhurst.
Gibeon meteorites that fell in Namibia thousands of years ago are smoother, refined by millennia of terrestrial erosion and often enhanced with a deep brown patina.
The steel 'weathers' to form a rust-like patina when exposed to the air.
The patina of a worn brown-leather soccer ball in one photo inspired the leather-wrapped door handles on the upcoming Mini Paceman, a three-door crossover coupe that goes into production next year.
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To fake an original patina, restorers sometimes paint a chair with a mix of automotive paint and baby powder, then torch it.
" Patina Miller, best actress in a musical nominee for "Pippin.
Directors in the Aston Martin heritage program had searched extensively to find the perfect vehicle for the movie, and they transformed the one they found from green with a beige interior into a Silver-Birch painted car with black trim distressed to add the patina of age.
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Just beyond his tattered wood desk, a vintage Miami cruiser hangs from one of his patent-pending pedal hooks - the perfectly rusted patina on the low-riding frame is the closest thing to art on the walls.
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