Decorative delights
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Victorian decorative tiles are becoming increasingly popular in the 1990's. An estimated 20,000 homes a year are being built in traditional Victorian fashion with complex roofing designs, such as finials, ornamental ridge tiles and barge boards. This is due to increased consumer input into the design of property and a move away from conventional design. Many commercial housebuilders are offering traditional homes, such as Higgs and Hill Homes and Lovell Homes. Maintenance is no longer a problem as Redland have introduced a range of concrete finials that are mechanically fixed and storm-proof.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1992
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High-lighting
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Philips Lighting has launched the Micro Power Xenon Light (MPXL) gas-discharge lamp to be used for car headlights. The MPXL produces high light output, reduced energy usage and three times higher luminance than halogen lamps. These lamps enhance automobile safety by providing the driver a wider field of vision and better light distribution on the road. They also eliminate the need for lamp replacement because they last as long as the vehicles.
Publication Name: Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0013-7782
Year: 1996
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Loser chic: a new concept in fashion for the overworked, underappreciated, sorely tried white male
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Loser should dress like losers and the fashion show telecast narration describes fashions designed by Benny the retail shop owner, made especially for white men. This new concept in men's fashions features such accessories as a perfume called 'Oppression' which contains Desenex and Absorine Jr.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
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ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 1995
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