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Making claims of being safer or more environmental friendly than is actually the case.
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Desirable changes in wood that provide interesting patterns at the surface. Examples are: flame, crotch (curl, Brit.), burl (burr, Brit.) , curly (tiger stripe, fiddle, fiddleback) and birdseye....
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Fashion designer Barbara Hulanicki started her career as a fashion illustrator before founding Biba.