Matte doesn't reflect light; silk and anything silklike does, so these fibers shine like crazy.
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China gave silk to the world, so it seems appropriate that Chinese scientists have now created a silklike yarn out of carbon nanotubes.
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You know what I mean : a leatherlike box with a silklike lining that holds a bottle of Champagne and some inexpensive glasses decorated with the Champagne house's logo.
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Even pretty _ a word all but banished from the fashion-oriented end of the market in recent years _ returned in a cloud of marquetry inlays and silk or silklike fabrics.