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Manzano's claim to be the chair capital goes back centuries. An 8th century altar in nearby Cividale contains the first trace of chairmaking. During the Renaissance, local carvers and carpenters from the region had their hands full with orders from Venice, 75 miles away. Production of chairs for the masses began in the 1800s, but the real boom came after World War II. Big distributors, primarily from Germany, discovered the local craftsmanship and started buying in bulk, turning Manzano chairs into a $1 billion-a-year business. To cope with the demand, the number of firms grew tenfold...
...academia separates the Comparative Literature department from the Anthropology department for a reason; the aforementioned writers and characters were obviously influenced by their societies, ones that were structured not to allow women to succeed as independent and confident leaders. Even the most progressive and non-sexist writers of the 8th century B.C. could not have imagined women even having the possibility of asserting themselves in the household, on the battlefield, or wherever...
...kilometer race put her just under four minutes behind the winner. Blake Russell, a 30-year old professional runner, won the championship race in 26:47. Only three runners associated with colleges finished higher than Scherf, with Chelsea McKell of BYU leading that pack with her 8th-place finish. —THE CRIMSON STAFF
...8th Day—“She’s Not Just Another Woman?...
...Crimson coach Ted Donato ’91 said. Harvard drew first blood late in the opening frame when junior winger Ryan Maki tallied a strike at 16:32—the first time the Crimson had scored in the initial period since Dec. 8th in a 1-0 victory at New Hampshire. Skating in along the right boards, Maki wound up and fired an unexpected slapshot from the blue line that left D’Alba stunned as the puck sailed past his stick and off the left post into the Bears?...