| Sometimes she has a shield, more often the aegis, a scaly capelike covering with fringe of snakes, usually with the gorgon's head, the gorgoneion, to relieve its plainness. |
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| There's obviously a Weber quality of beguilement in the pictures, but there is also plainness and honesty. |
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| This Swedish girl with her sublime blue eyes reconciles glamour and plainness, glitter and burlap, pop and austerity? |
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| Organic sculpture design in valuable stoneware: the new accessories series «Etna» appeals with its quiet plainness. |
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| With its plainness and robustness, Marco Polo convinces every globetrotter even in case of extreme conditions. |
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| Hopkinson and Haworth's pies have a very northern plainness about them – they are, in fact, no more than they claim to be: just cheese and onion, enclosed in pastry. |
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| In the end, it is that plainness which makes the climax of the book such powerful reading the Paris riots into which he and his mother accidentally stumble. |
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| Thirteenth-century dress was noted for its plainness. |
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| We fit our language to our audience, restraining our natural bent at times so as not to be too flowery, and at other times garnishing the wonted plainness of our diction to suit an occasion. |
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| It was customary to avoid using precious gems for mourning jewellery, the plainness of the material serving to emphasise retreat from the world during the mourning period. |
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| Look to the corporate style manual for support or build support for plainness by contributing to revising your corporate style guide. |
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| The native cuisine always had an affinity to plainness but over time the standards slipped down to the point that even the more tasteful traditions fell into oblivion. |
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| In many mosques, even the carpeted prayer area has no designs, its plainness helping worshippers to focus. |
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| The renovations that were conceived and undertaken by IDSH respond to the ambitions of a project to recover the plainness and purity that characterised the original aesthetic of the place. |
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| Nick Clegg is another man of privilege, decency and plainness. |
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| The VAB of Renault Trucks Defense, manufactured in 2 versions 4x4 et 6x6, is identified by its plainness, its high mobility and its all-terrain comfort. |
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| The translator of Homer should penetrate himself with a sense of the plainness and directness of Homer's style. |
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| Despite the seaming plainness of food served in such eateries, they are still very popular with people from all walks of life and guests of Moscow. |
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| This movement is a watch-making dream in its pureness and its plainness. |
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| Monastic in its rigour and plainness, the new museum embodies a mastery of light and materials that seeks to reconnect with the elementality of art and nature. |
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