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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...
...Unless you count counterfeit software as Microsoft products, that claim is absurd?nine out of 10 personal computers sold in China come with pirated versions of Windows, according to the U.S. Commerce Department. But Beijing may have been sending a deeper message to Washington. The signal (as one Western diplomat put it): "We've got our own antiglobalization, antitrade zealots to deal with, so how about you keep yours under control and we'll do the same, because otherwise we're both in trouble...
...will be based on measuring the performance of a Hamas government against EU anti-terrorism principles. More would be expected of Hamas, however, if there was any active political negotiating process under way right now. Instead, as long as it doesn't initiate terror attacks, Hamas can claim to be practically playing by the rules...
...down at Rice University, where national juggernauts Ohio State, Notre Dame, and Penn State had laid claim to 12 of the last 16 fencing national championships, Harvard finally had its day as a Cinderella...
...over Miami (OH) in the CCHA finals after defeating rival Michigan in the semifinals.Boston College opened up a 1-0 lead over the Terriers, but BU ultimately triumphed in a 2-1 overtime win to clinch the Hockey East title.In the WCHA championship, Wisconsin routed Minnesota 4-0 to claim the overall No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Both teams came into the game having clinched a regional No. 1 seed, regardless of the outcome.Holy Cross and Bemidji State rounded out the automatic bids, capturing the Atlantic Hockey and CHA titles, respectively.FINAL TICKSIn addition to Daigneau and Fraser, Murphy...