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Silhouettes enjoying a high profile again
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By Mary Carol Garrity
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE
My flirtation with silhouettes began at my grade-school carnival,
where a volunteer traced kids' profiles on black construction paper
for our moms to proudly display on the refrigerator. I've been in
love with these whimsical, quirky pieces of art ever since.
Silhouettes have been capturing people's hearts and imaginations
for centuries, ever since they first made the scene in 17th-century
France, where they were reputedly the result of an arts-and-crafts
project of France's unpopular minister of finance, Etienne de
Silhouette. The story goes ...
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Conservative survey shows Ramah kids have more frum
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Newspaper article from: The Jewish Week
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Ramah reunion
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Newspaper article from: The Gazette
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