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  • According to John Richardson's book, Sacred Monsters, Sacred Masters, she disdained the fin-de-siecle froufrou (dust cathers, to be sure) and maintained a low-key style, whose principle was "Elegance is elimination."

    Cleanliness: A Matter of Beauty Linda 2008

  • According to John Richardson's book, Sacred Monsters, Sacred Masters, she disdained the fin-de-siecle froufrou (dust cathers, to be sure) and maintained a low-key style, whose principle was "Elegance is elimination."

    Archive 2008-02-01 Linda 2008

  • Clad in a polished black shell and dubbed the Elegance, it’s about the size of a fun-size Mars bar.

    Haier Microphone = Heart: Boom Boom 2007

  • We've seen the term "Effortless Elegance" used enough times to know that...

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • A clue to the narrative schizophrenia of " Elegance " — and its narrator ' s own sexualized anxiety — is eventually revealed in Meursault ' s proposed subject for another book: an account of his decline into syphilis.

    In Translation Jessica Loudis 2010

  • "Elegance" typically isn't a word you associate with legislation.

    The Sierra Club And Dow Chemical Agree On Something! 2010

  • "Elegance" typically isn't a word you associate with legislation.

    The Sierra Club And Dow Chemical Agree On Something! Andrew Liveris 2010

  • Although Tegui published several autobiographical novels after " Elegance " — and was once heralded as among Argentina ' s most talented modernists — most of his work has spent decades out of print, even in his native country.

    In Translation Jessica Loudis 2010

  • It's funny how the drawing has sort of sanitized some of the area surrounding the proposed beast ... probably because the selling points of "Elegance" and "Serenity" become rather ridiculous when you realize that those little balconies will afford the residents a breathtaking view of Papa John's Pizza.

    Nothing to see here ... Lisa B. 2006

  • It's funny how the drawing has sort of sanitized some of the area surrounding the proposed beast ... probably because the selling points of "Elegance" and "Serenity" become rather ridiculous when you realize that those little balconies will afford the residents a breathtaking view of Papa John's Pizza.

    Archive 2006-12-01 Lisa B. 2006

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