In the late afternoon the pinkish, alabaster light is so fragile it feels as if it could shatter.

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Already the moon had risen, a flake of waxy alabaster in a blue sky thin with light.

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Paris Vogue, less than a year ago, published an editorial of alabaster Dutch model Lara Stone in black face.

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Finally, housed in ancient, arched basement tunnels, is the Museo Archeologico containing a vast collection of pieces found near Siena, including elaborate Etruscan alabaster funerary urns and gold Roman coins.

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As audience members found their seats, the stage production motifs were strong but not overindulgent blue and red blocks of light on the runway to evoke the South Korean flag, alabaster program notes and flecks of traditional folk music.

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