How To Use Ivory In A Sentence

The bride, given in marriage by her father Frank, looked radiant in an ivory raw silk dress with diamanté detail and long train.
These small exquisitely carved ivory figurines come in an almost limitless variety.
Bed doth a goddess inarm; smooth ivory glossy from Indies, Poems and Fragments
For example, the origin of ivory can be identified by its strontium isotopic composition, which reflects the diet of the elephant.
It talks about the cost of carnivory and dietary groups based on the weight of the carnivore. The evolution of vampires

Since the ban on the trade in ivory in 1989, elephant populations in Africa have generally stabilised and in some areas are increasing.
What is news is that from the very beginning, biggety ivory-tower academics have labored to recruit into their ranks the sons and daughters of the powerful, famous, and rich. [Help] Most Recent Posts
Using plain white and ivory paper, straws and pipe cleaners, she creates faux gemstones, crystals and pearls.
Her gaze, unfocused, fell on the swath of ivory silk adorning the richly hued carpet. DEVIL'S BRIDE
Carnivory is the rule for softshells, but some species are omnivorous.
On the tabletop inlays and the ivory panels, the predators include griffins and sphinxes, composite creatures based on the leonine form, while the bowl depicts lions in positions of attack.
In a video provided by the French military, the forces are seen rappelling from a helicopter at night with night vision goggles, before the aircraft lands in a field to pick up a man, who appears to be the Japanese ambassador to Ivory Coast. France rescues Japanese envoy in Ivory Coast
The saris, dresses and kurta-churidars, made of fabrics like fabrics like chiffons, georgettes and net, were in various shades of beiges, ivory, pale yellow, peach, nude and blue. comment Note: By posting your comments here you agree to the Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views'
In reality, the country's ivory controls are ineffective and riddled with corruption. Times, Sunday Times
Those involved in the trade can make millions of rupiah from the sale of the bones, tusks, ivory and fur of the animals.
These sculptures, and others, are juxtaposed with coins, medals, gems, seals, enamels, ivory carving, a cassone, a parade shield, moulded leather and even a waffling iron.
By this date Loango had become an important commercial power, trading with Europeans, especially Dutch, in ivory, hides, red dyewood, and raffia but relatively few slaves. 1576-1671
The mikko descended wooden stairs from his steep-roofed palace, its ridgepole adorned with sculptures of ivory-billed woodpeckers. Fire The Sky
His companion was unhandily trimming branches from a pine bole, using an ivory-handled poniard.
After the battalion commanded by Gyges, there came young boys crowned with myrtle-wreaths, and singing epithalamic hymns after the Lydian manner, accompanying themselves upon lyres of ivory, which they played with bows. King Candaules
African elephant having enormous flapping ears and ivory tusks.
Food habits range from strict carnivory to strict herbivory.
And the tremendous skull of the great hog of Oakham hung, a portentous ivory overmantel, with a Chinese jar in either eye socket, snout down above the fire .... The Food of the Gods and how it came to Earth
Their new line of ivory polymer grips are difficult to tell from the real thing.
And, too, because a man must know in his bones that his true spirit was as mutable as ivory or clay. THE BROKEN GOD
It retains not only its original octagonal stamped English brasses and ivory escutcheons but also most of its gray-blue paper drawer and cupboard lining.
The poignant note lay in a bed of roses on an ivory white casket that featured two joker playing cards. The Sun
Kalou was a part of the Ivory Coast squad that eventually finished fourth in the tournament – losing out to Essien's Ghana in the third place play-off having been eliminated by eventual winners Egypt.
He fondled the impression of her as of silverspun wire, of fine leather, of twisted hair-sennit from the heads of maidens such as the Marquesans make, of carven pearl-shell for the lure of the bonita, and of barbed ivory at the heads of sea-spears such as the Eskimos throw. CHAPTER X
M/s Merchant and Ivory's films resemble a small antique shop displaying old colonial cars, rosewood bedposts, long cotton gowns and unfiltered cigarette cases.
I am heartily against the Ivory Tower which has become a very real danger.
Most extraordinary of all is a colossal pair of tortoiseshell and ivory globular vases and covers, probably made as exhibition pieces.
Looking around frantically as the tub nearly filled to capacity, I grabbed a bar of Ivory soap.
Elephant ivory was more costly, and therefore more prestigious. The Times Literary Supplement
Academics sitting in ivory towers have no understanding of what is important for ordinary people.
In the first half of the eighteenth century ebony rosewood, and padouk were inlaid with floral designs ivory that was then engraved and highlighted with lac.
Enterprise 2.0 is often derided as a buzzword enveloped in ivory-tower abstractions that obfuscate as much as enlighten.www. newsgator.com) today launched a new blog from the trenches of Enterprise 2.0 - yes, there are trenches - called "Everyday Enterprise 2.0," authored by Christy Schoon, the company's director of Enterprise 2.0 consulting. Undefined
Im a nighttime showerer, always have been, as mom always let as get as deep south dirty as we could get and then sent us into sleep ivory clean and pink faced everynight no matter how we resisted. I-claudius Diary Entry
Ivory screamed as she wriggled and twisted, trying in vain to get away.
Drastic, unprepared liberalisation can lead to economic chaos, as in the Ivory Coast in 1988.
The first plastic, celluloid, was synthesized from nitrated cotton fiber and camphor in 1869, to make a cheaper substitute for ivory billiard balls.
Here is a jade-coloured conglomeration of life resembling nothing in the world more than a loose handful of worms without beginning and without end, interloped and writhing and glowing as it writhes with opalescent fires; and here a tiny leafless shrub, jointed with each alternate joint, ivory, white, and ruby-red respectively; again this tracery of gold and green and salmon pink decorating a shiny stone, in formal and consistent pattern. My Tropic Isle
Rose of Ireland and the White Rose of Devon, a noted Society phrasemonger had dubbed them, seeing them together on the lawn one Ascot Cup Day, their light draperies and delicate ribbons whip-whipping in the pleasant June breeze, ivory-skinned, jetty-locked Celtic beauty and blue-eyed, flaxen-locked Saxon fairness in charming, confidential juxtaposition under one lace sunshade, lined with what has been the last new fashionable colour under twenty names, since then; only that year they called it _Rose fané_. The Dop Doctor
The export of ivory is now strictly controlled.
Other panels are decorated with arabesques consisting of delicate scrolls incorporating stylized sunflowers and anthemia rendered in very thin lines of ivory-colored paint.
The larl stroked my cheek with his great, smooth paw, the ivory claws hooded but quivering slightly, as if about to awake. Christmas on Ganymede and Other Stories
This colourful handmade woollen wear come in green, red, ivory and black.
Two gates there are for dreams," said Penelope to Odysseus after his ten years' wandering had ended. "One made for horn and one of for ivory.
The prevailing winds and currents forced all ships returning to Europe or the Americas from the Ivory and Gold Coasts to pass eastward toward the Slave Coast and close to the shores of Efik lands. The Serpent and the Rainbow
By the late eighteenth century, porcelain had replaced ivory as the material of choice for teeth in dentures.
Most antique furniture can suffer as a result of extremes in temperature, especially painted and lacquered examples and those inlaid with marquetry, brass or ivory decoration.
Ivory's head snapped up to look him straight in the eyes, her face now a pale sheet of white from the sudden scare.
Two previous inter-agency appeals to address the crisis in Ivory Coast have met with limited success, with just 43% of their requirements being fulfilled, OCHA said.
Fog had slipped through a crack into the ivory tower.
A white stinkwood tree was planted in Ivory Park, near Midrand, on Friday 17 October as a symbol of prosperity in the global fight against poverty.
Recently such a result in Ivory Coast led to a civil war before Laurent Gbagbo could be winkled out of the presidential palace at the end of a gun barrel. The Real Legacy of Nelson Mandela
Exhibits include exquisite wooden panels, woodcarvings, ivory works, bronze castings, archaeological artefacts, stone sculptures and palm-leaf etchings.
But beneath the translucent ivory skin, he was rather bronzed, due to the long hours under the sun.
The agreement makes the buying or selling of ivory a serious crime, therefore subject to longer prison sentences, and enforceable under international law. Times, Sunday Times
He also found that as Pileated Woodpeckers fly away from the camera, their plumage is hard to distinguish from the Ivory-billed Woodpecker's. Archive 2007-03-01
But through a wide gape in-between the drapes, the Tokyo moon shone in, its light washing over the whole apartment and bathing it in an ivory glow.
Two suggestions for the guild are the cutlers (who would use ivory for handles) and locksmiths (for whom both elephants and castles would symbolise security).
Other panels are decorated with arabesques consisting of delicate scrolls incorporating stylized sunflowers and anthemia rendered in very thin lines of ivory-colored paint.
However, an ivory plaque of Christ blessing Otto II and Theophano shows how the match could dignify Saxon imperial pretensions.
Recently, it was suggested that the hemipteran - plant interaction constituted a new pathway for plant carnivory.
Mr Ivory, who had a good many years before made himself favourably known as a mathematician, especially by his acquaintance with Laplace's peculiar analysis, had adopted (as not unfrequently happens) some singular hydrostatical theories. Autobiography
That final resting place of ponderous pachyderms would be, for the unscrupulous and disturbingly clean bad guy, the mother lode of ivory.
Some Yoruba woodcarvers also work in bone, ivory, and stone.
The Ivory Billed Woodpecker lives on, found by a man canoeing alone in the backwaters.
Ivory Coast provides about a third of the world 's cocoa beans. Times, Sunday Times
A formal daytime wedding is when the bride wears a white, ivory or pastel colored floor length gown with a train and a long veil.
Porcelain, silk, ivory, crystal, muslin, chintz and lacquered wood were all first introduced to Europe between 1500 and 1800.
Walrus ivory is derived from the male animal and usually has a much smaller cross-section.
Later, elaborate designs were carved on precious wood, ivory and metals, including silver and brass, and inlaid with gold and silver wire, and they became votive objects of veneration for devotees.
But Milner's Catholicism was no mere ivory-tower ultramontanism.
He traced the flawless black ivory of the fingerboard, moving up to the tuning pegs, to continued on to curl along with the scroll at the end.
The Indian furniture was usually of ebony, padouk, or rosewood with the floral borders and motifs either inlaid or engraved on ivory veneer.
In case you missed it, an archaeological team led by Nicholas Conard at the University ofTübingenexcavated a truly remarkable mammoth-ivory statuette from a German cave, Hohle Fels. Check Your Venus Fantasies at the Door, Gentlemen
For the price of two torpedoes'we could live in ivory towers for the rest of our lives '. The Times Literary Supplement
It took them three days to lay a bridge of corduroyed branches across the river and another two to get all the wagons and ivory to the far bank. When the Lion Feeds
“Lady — —,” he began gravely (and I could not but notice that the mere title seduced him to conventional, poetic language), “moves like a lily in water; I always think of her as a lily; just as I used to think of Lily Langtry as a tulip, with a figure like a Greek vase carved in ivory. Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions
The plates used to make Browne's illustrations for "David Copperfield" are here, as are Dickens's traveling inkwell and an ivory seal given to him by his best friend and future biographer, John Forster. The Best of Dickens's Life and Times
Ivory Coast had two chances to win it after the break but Didier Ya Konan curled an effort just wide while, after 117 minutes, then Max Gradel took an airshot when well placed. NEWS.com.au | Top Stories
They range from ivory to powerful lasers and race-hate literature. The Sun
My grandmother has some jewelry made of ivory.
Each piece is unique, an exquisite painting of a real person, done on ivory.
Fierce: The plan gives advocate lying cany bed is done soft soft large cushion, brush stair armrest into gray next, present ivory not classics is dirty, color and all round not harmonious also.
Zimbabwe and Namibia are pressing for the global ban on ivory trading to be lifted to allow them to sell stockpiles of tusks to fund conservation. Times, Sunday Times
Ivory is carved with similar tools to those used by the woodworker, and the ivory carver will usually carve in the direction of the grain.
His ivory leg had been snapped off, leaving but one short sharp splinter. Moby Dick
Obama's overeducation has left him with an "ivory tower" outlook, Rush charges. Chicago Reader
Like her copatriot counterparts Jose Gonzalez and Jens Lekman, Frida Hyvönen is a loner; a stripped-down ivory tickler, who maybe falls somewhere between our own Fiona Apple and Tori Amos. Dallas Observer | Complete Issue
If he were white, we'd be getting the elitistist eggheaded ivory tower in-tee-lect-shul who never did an honest days work in his life smear, the corrupt Chicago politician smear and, possibly, the inexperience smear. Counting The White Women In McCain's "Hot Chicks" Ad
The ivory calyces are falling gently to the earth as the leaves emerge from the branch tips. Before They Are Gone « Fairegarden
As soon as Jeff and I discovered that, the conversation quickly left talk of ivory-bills and on to the exciting flights of peregrines and Cooper's hawks.
Major problems confronting CITES have resulted from the highly lucrative trade in the ivory from tusks of elephants.
The precious ingredients, ivory, coral, amber and crystal, have a distinctly magical aura - precious medicine for a precious child.
It was at one time the main commercial port for lynx and sable furs, beeswax, timber, grain, hunting falcons, and walrus ivory.
The intrinsic value of the materials employed predominates in the earlier model: the value of plate at an Athenian symposium, or the value of gold and ivory in the chryselephantine statues by Phidias.
With its ebullience of baroque form and boldly patterned marquetry made of exotic woods, mother-of-pearl and ivory, the stand includes the delightful illusion that an embroidered cloth has been flung across the top.
His face, which was colourless, deeply grooved, with sculpted lips, was severe and so shadowed it was like dusty ivory. LOOKING FOR THE SPARK
They were made of volcanic pumice stone, ribbed with whalebone ivory and studded with gold. WATER TRILOGY # 1: ASCENSION
Although mammoths came much later than dinosaurs, I spotted a giant pair of ancient curved ivory tusks protruding from an isolated cliff.
Elzevir Terence, printed in red letters, and a curious Birman book, whose pages consisted of thin leaves of ivory, gilded at the edges; and here too were black rhyta from Chiusi, and a cylix from Vulci, and one of those quaint Peruvian jars, which was so constructed that, when filled with water, the air escaped in sounds that resembled that of the song or cry of the animal represented on the vase or jar. St. Elmo
Induction deterred herbivory by noctuids and aphids, and increased the probability of plant survival.
The ivory gull often follows polar bears to feed on the remains of seal kills.
The cool linen sheets tempted her to extend her toes till they touched the ivory bedstead and brushed the relief curls of a grinning cherub.
This meant that forest economies, including the trade in wild rubber, copal, wax, ivory, and timber, were effectively circumscribed.
China is now the primary market for tiger bone, rhino horn, elephant ivory, live snakes, pangolins and a whole host of wildlife products.
It is not known where these handles were made, but there were certainly teams of ivory carvers working at Dieppe in France and in Saint Petersburg during the latter part of the century.
And if you think I'm using big words, you should have heard these ivory tower windbags.
A similarly close relation ship may be seen between ivory and some of the most important precious stones used in antiquity.
A small table stood nearby on which ivory chessmen stood poised in combat on an inlaid board.
Ivory was used, like shell, to decorate wooden boxes and other pieces of furniture.
Copper, horses, and cloth were also traded for gold, malagueta pepper, carved ivory, and ebony.
Dozens of boys and men suffocated to death, locked for days in an airless, sweltering shipping container by rebels controlling northern Ivory Coast, two survivors said.
Colours this season are ivory, camel, many shades of brown, red, burgundy, moss and olive green, and, of course, black.
Placing my hands over the white ivory and black keys, I began to play the first few bars of music.
Her gown was off-the-shoulder but modest, white lace around her neck-line and made of ivory satin her mother had bought years ago and reserved for a special occasion.
It produces large trumpet, ivory white flowers which open a lovely pale primrose yellow, fading gradually to pure white.
Buttons hadn't been invented in the 5th century so sleeves were held together with elaborate bronze clasps, and at last there was an explanation for the ivory rings.
Indeed, the term "ivory tower" is generally used by anti-intellectuals to denigrate and marginalize the achievements of the academic world.
Workers in gold and ivory, in gems and talismans, in brass and fine linen and purple had done the marvels which those courtier adventurers brought with them over the sea, and to these, from year to year, had been added the treasure of private chests -- necklaces and coronals and hair-loops, bottles and vases of glass coloured with metallic oxides, and patterned aggry-beads, now sometimes found in ancient tombs on the Ashantee coasts. Romance Island
His eyes were hollow, bleared, and gummy; his face was shrivelled into a thousand wrinkles, his gums were destitute of teeth, his nose sharp and drooping, his chin peaked and prominent, so that, when he mumped or spoke, they approached one another like a pair of nutcrackers: he supported himself on an ivory-headed cane and his whole figure was The Adventures of Roderick Random
Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal 'Ruhlmann' by Florence Camard Rizzoli From the book 'Ruhlmann' by Florence Camard/Rizzoli Reuter table with shagreen and ivory marquetry From the book 'Ruhlmann' by Florence Camard/Rizzoli Collectionneur chest in black lacquer No designer has come to stand for the glamorous 1920s and '30s more definitively than Jacques Émile Ruhlmann, with his exquisite marquetry of ivory and rare woods, sumptuous textiles and gleaming metal accents. All Hands on Deco
Killing elephants on a large scale and smuggling their tusks long distances is expensive, made worthwhile by the high price for ivory. Times, Sunday Times
Osama's Galatea is a sculpture whose ivory is an eschatology and exegesis plated with a Salafi-Wahhabi interpretation of Islam.
They passed through two gates, one of horn through which true dreams went, one of ivory for false dreams.
MRS YELVERTON BARRY: _ (In lowcorsaged opal balldress and elbowlength ivory gloves, wearing a sabletrimmed brickquilted dolman, a comb of brilliants and panache of osprey in her hair) _ Arrest him, constable. Ulysses
Hypercarnivory is recognized on the basis of a set of proportions: relative lengthening of the carnassial blade, relative shortening of the face, and relative reduction of the postcarnassial tooth row.
Trade in unworked or raw ivory of any age is banned. Times, Sunday Times
These included shell, coral, tortoiseshell, lava, jet, ivory, and paste.
This type of behaviour sent us down a path that later would lead to two of the defining features of our species:" carnivory "-- or meat eating --" and tool manufacture and use, "said co-author Shannon McPherron, a scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories
Any suitable material may be used, including quill, parchment, wood, ivory, bone, horn, tortoiseshell, and plastic.
What, is it you, Edmond, back again?" said he, with a broad Marseillaise accent, and a grin that displayed his ivory-white teeth.
Ranging in size from two to ten centimeters, the pieces include an ivory furniture plaque, a gold ring, a red jasper stamp seal, and the flat lid of a pyxis, or small box — from Anatolia, Mycenae, Vapheio, and Byblos, respectively. The Art of Foreign Influence
Other reports suggest that some Chinese ivory traders dodge export controls by passing off illegal elephant tusks as mammoth ivory. Times, Sunday Times
Her main objection was our liberal use of garlic, that pungent bulb with its pretty, papery sheath, encasing ivory-coloured segments, shaped like half-moons.
Notable among these are ivory, shells, rhinoceros horn, coral, amber and jet.
Gaining the cooperation of the ivory carvers could be the answer to elephant conservation, said Stiles.
I believe Adam and Eve sinned, and that sin brought death, carnivory, disease, and suffering into the world. Creationist vs. creationist on Homo habilis - The Panda's Thumb
The bride wore an ivory satin dress with a boned bodice, scooped neckline, full skirt, a long train, tiara of crystals and a veil with small crystals at the hem.
The relatively low-quality plant litter mineralizes nitrogen at a slower rate than would occur in the absence of herbivory.
The beads were carved from solid ivory.
Dodd and Pendleton were the piquets on the Quinta's driveway and when they saluted him Christopher just touched the ivory heel of his riding crop to one of the tasselled peaks of his bicorne hat. Sharpe's Havoc
The Ghanaians are the only African team to advance thus far - Ivory Coast still could, but is a long shot, and the other four are out. BLACK ENTERPRISE
Reupholstering an existing armchair and draping a round table with pale ivory quilted fabric adapted them to the updated color palette.
There are 34 full-color photographs of beautiful gages made of ebony, rosewood, boxwood, mahogany, cherry, applewood, whalebone, ivory etc.
A dozen ivory combs, some still adhering to the backs of skulls, were decorated with patterns of double-dotted circles, a motif known on ivory combs from the Indus Valley civilization. Arabian Hoard
A similarly close relation ship may be seen between ivory and some of the most important precious stones used in antiquity.
The diamond-patterned tortoiseshell panel, offset with faux dentils of ivory and macassar ebony, recalls patterns he also used for wall hangings.
My shirt is more ivory colour than white.
The bride looked stunning in an ivory and gold raw silk dress of Irish design and carried a bouquet of delicate cream roses.
In his buttonhole was a hyacinth, and in one slender ivory hand he carried a huge bunch of pink roses, which, bowing deeply, he presented to the embarrassed girl. Fire-Tongue
On the ivory shelves you see some soft orchid linen galligaskins, some buttercup yellow doeskin galligaskins, some pale celadon silk galligaskins, some deep crimson satin galligaskins, some olive green wool galligaskins, some onyx black velvet galligaskins, some dark umber leather galligaskins and some bright cyan twill galligaskins.
Then giving the glass a graceful wave which showed that his hand was quite experienced in the throwing of dice, he called sevens the main, and whisking the ivory cubes gently on the table, swept them up lightly again from the cloth, and repeated this process two or three times. The History of Pendennis
‘A lot of people in academia have taken the studious route all their lives; they enjoy the isolation of the ivory tower,’ says Duncan.
Deep plum tones are etched in black while bleached ivory mink is laser cut with contrasting brown.
Prices were sky high, with rhino horn worth four times as much as ivory, and still rising.
It is the stuff of ivory towers and only clever boys and girls are expected to reflect upon its themes.
Ivory traders are smuggling tusks and carved artefacts in and out of the country using eBay. Times, Sunday Times
Fashion historians said the dress, which had an ivory satin bodice narrowed at the waist and padded at the hips, clearly evoked Mr. McQueen who frequently drew on the Victorian tradition of corsetry. Gown Is a Boost for Fashion House
The Stanley Company began making rules in 1850, when Augustus Stanley founded A. Stanley & Co. to manufacture boxwood and ivory rules.
At least, it is almost certain that its principal industries were the smelting and the sale of gold, also it seems probable that expeditions travelling by sea and land would have occupied quite three years of time in reaching it from Jerusalem and returning thither laden with the gold and precious stones, the ivory and the almug trees (1 Kings x.). Elissa
Currently, Namibia has over 40 tonnes of ivory, mostly from elephants killed in other countries and seized in Namibia while in transit.
But I still prefer my own, a Victorian ivory and ebony conductor's baton.
Today, of course, ivory is hard to find and almost prohibitively expensive.
Elephant ivory is banned in the U.S.
Ivory Coast President-elect Alassane Ouattara cordoned off the Abidjan residence of his rival Laurent Gbagbo on Friday as his government moved to restore water service in the war-ravaged city of Abidjan and prepare for the resumption of cocoa exports, the African country's main foreign-currency earner. Ivorian Opposition Strives for Normalcy
It means the secret cabal of conservative scholars see you as a threat to their comfortable ivory towers which they have built with taxpayers' money, and thus are trying to censor you.
After watching that video I'm glad woodpeckers (except for those giant pileated woodpeckers and the maybe-present-maybe-extinct ivory-billed) are relatively wee little birds. Woodpecker vs. Snake
Ronald in contrast was resplendent in a cool all-white suit, white pimp daddy hat, white snakeskin shoes, ivory tipped cane - and pearly white teeth.
The government imposed a ban on the sale of ivory.
The ivory came out brighter in contrast to the red than I had anticipated, and the eye looks a little creepie than I had anticipated, but it does stand. Kater’s Art » Blog Archive » Core Formed Vessel, “Jupiter”
He knew old timers used soap for lube in muzzle loaders, so he taught me to roll the bullets in a thick mixture of Ivory soap and water and let them dry.
The ivory sword hummed and bucked as if it, too, would refuse to kill. The Dreamthief's Daughter
The colour of ivory differs markedly from creamy white to a rusty brown, especially if it has been exposed to light, or treated with a stain.
Ivory seems to be the colour most brides-to-be are favouring as white may be a little stark in terms of matching accessories.
The walls are crimson, the woodwork is a creamy ivory. Changing space
One of the most famous archaeological finds in Scotland are the Lewis Chessmen, made from walrus ivory and dating from the 12 th century.
The genius of Kutchi handwork is etched in the walls: in the mica work, the coloured glass panes, ivory-inlay doors, carved woodwork, silver filigree and embroidered silk wall decorations.
Trade in ivory has been banned since 1990.
Only a few years ago conservationists hoped that they might be beginning to conquer the curse of ivory poaching. Times, Sunday Times
She wore a beautiful ivory dress with butterflies on and one of my bridesmaids carried her. Times, Sunday Times
He said there were not many captive elephants in Thailand with decent sized tusks to provide legal ivory to the market.
Ivory Coast may well tonk Holland today.
These things with tales of sombre clouds and shining skies and whisperings of strange creatures dancing timidly in pavonine twilights, he traced upon the ivory keys of his instrument and the world was richer for a poet. Chopin : the Man and His Music
In the centre of the hall stood a colossal wooden statue, decorated in ivory and gold.
The ivory horns were heaped with purple amethysts, and the horns of brass with chalcedonies and sards. The Fisherman and His Soul
In the centre of the hall stood a colossal wooden statue, decorated in ivory and gold.
And as the elephant population falls, so the price of ivory rises.
Some of the species found here include the walrus, polar bear, beluga, narwhal, bearded seals, harp seal, harbour seal, ringed seal, bowhead whale, ivory gull, and some migratory birds.
Last year's legal ivory sale, authorised by CITES in 2007, remains controversial.
In low-income countries with small remnant forest areas, for instance the Ivory Coast, population growth appears to increase the rate of deforestation.
Ivory statues of mythical beasts with emerald eyes lined the way.
He spent most of three days carving a piece of ivory into a likeness of the snowy owl. The Broken God
Near the washstand was a dampened and crumpled towel, a bottle of hair oil, a simple shaving cup and brush, a rubber comb I could not help but miss my ivory comb and its silver case, a small bottle of inexpensive cologne and a little leather kit. Eighteen
The Ivory Coast, the world's biggest producer of cocoa, had been the pride of France's former colonial empire for decades after independence in 1960.
The long candles had burned down enough for their pale ivory smoothness to be marred by a lacy sculpture of drips. HIDING FROM THE LIGHT
At left, "The Silver Goblet," a 1912 watercolor-on-ivory self-portrait by the Atlanta-based miniaturist Lucy May Stanton. Don't Miss: July 9-15

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