“I loved creative marketing, ” Ms. Blodgett said, “product development, and I was a color expert — on shades and skin tone and blending.”

“我热衷需要创意的市场。” Blodgett说，“正如在产品的研发方面，我是打造立体感、以及明确皮肤色阶、颜色搭配方面的专家。”

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In Matthew Weiner's 1960s-set serial - shown in the US on AMC and about to be a flagship series for the UK's Sky Atlantic - the focus is firmly on tone, mood and character development at the expense of plot-points.

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NGOs, such as the World Development Movement, say this change of tone means the private sector is now on the defensive.

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Nonetheless, one potentially significant development on the international front is the new tone in French pronouncements on Algeria.

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