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  • The term feng shui, which translates literally as “wind and water,” refers to what Westerners call geomancy—the placement and location of buildings, man-made structures, and interior objects so as to harmonize with and benefit from the surrounding natural environment.

    MARKETING AESTHETICS BERND SCHMITT 1997

  • The term feng shui, which translates literally as “wind and water,” refers to what Westerners call geomancy—the placement and location of buildings, man-made structures, and interior objects so as to harmonize with and benefit from the surrounding natural environment.

    MARKETING AESTHETICS BERND SCHMITT 1997

  • The term feng shui, which translates literally as “wind and water,” refers to what Westerners call geomancy—the placement and location of buildings, man-made structures, and interior objects so as to harmonize with and benefit from the surrounding natural environment.

    MARKETING AESTHETICS BERND SCHMITT 1997

  • Her friends turned the chore into a good-natured adventure, in their words, “in the name of feng shui.”

    Find Your Focus Zone PhD Lucy Jo Palladino 2007

  • Her friends turned the chore into a good-natured adventure, in their words, “in the name of feng shui.”

    Find Your Focus Zone PhD Lucy Jo Palladino 2007

  • Her friends turned the chore into a good-natured adventure, in their words, “in the name of feng shui.”

    Find Your Focus Zone PhD Lucy Jo Palladino 2007

  • Her friends turned the chore into a good-natured adventure, in their words, “in the name of feng shui.”

    Find Your Focus Zone PhD Lucy Jo Palladino 2007

  • While there is infinitely more complexities in a relationship than surname feng shui, I think that mutually hyphenated last names tell the world that neither of you are each other's property.

    Russell Shaw: Another Inconvenient Truth: Joint-Hyphenated Married Names Are A Hassle In Most States 2008

  • There have also been a number of high-profile court cases in which so-called feng shui experts have been convicted of sexual assaults on women they were performing rituals on.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • He's not looking for anything new here, and indeed gags about short-lived fads such as feng shui still reside in his set, or George Bush and his suggestive surname.

    Chortle News RSS 2009

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