Far more scientific firepower, in other words, has been directed at the brains, genes, hormones and general physiologic processes behind homosexual attraction, leaving heterosexuality like a silhouette, outlined only by what it is not.
Line in the landscape may be the sharp edge of paving, structure, or rock; the boundary between two different surface materials, as grass and ivy; the edge of a shadow; or the silhouette outline of any three-dimensional form, such as a rock, plant, or building.
Ms. Sommers, who sees reupholstering as a way to "put your fingerprint" on a quality vintage piece, outfits "granny" chairs and camelback sofas in bold designer fabrics -- the back panel in a different color than the front or the silhouette outlined in mismatched piping -- sometimes for not much more money, she notes, than a piece from Pottery Barn.
The same is true of Cornelia Dohse-Peck's "Hollow Family," a mixed-media work composed of silhouettes, outlines, and layers of translucent imagery.
In late afternoon, we encounter a large herd, a crowd of females and calves surrounding two fighting males, horns locked, silhouettes outlined in sunlit clouds of dust.
What was lost in not being able to touch and stroke the fabrics was gained in seeing the graphic silhouettes outlined behind the glass: tailored suits contrasting with tough-and-lush outerwear like deep pile duffel coats or a mink bomber jacket.
A couple of lyrebirds walk the brush, their ancient silhouettes outlined against the grounds sheltering their fare of insects, myriapods, and snails.
Dancers appear in silhouette, their outlines synchronised to match the projections.
On a dark bus parked in the dank underbelly of the Fleet Center in Boston, a silhouette was outlined by the solitary light above him.
As the components of a design are selected and combined, a silhouette, or arrangement outline, is created.
