Word: cottons
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...Fitz, we live in an age bereft of precision: full up with fuzzy numbers and cotton-ball platitudes. There’s a reason I get a feeling of cold comfort just off a plane in Zurich, and it’s not that I once placed second in my high school’s telemark giant slalom at the Snow Bowl. No, it’s because the Swiss lay it all on the table so meticulously, whether the question is “what time is the train coming?,” “how much...
...from being overstretched, the hospital most days feels desultory, with nurses lingering in near empty wards because people cannot afford to pay for care. Emergency maternity care is supposed to be free in Sierra Leone, but in reality, patients are asked to pay for every item, including cotton swabs, gauze and syringes--this in a country where the average income is about $200 a year. If transfusions are needed, relatives have to donate blood to replace what is used...
...Harvard University Dining Services dished out corn dogs, pretzels, and candy apples. “It’s a fun menu for a fun night,” said Martin T. Breslin, HUDS’ director for culinary operations. Students also flocked to carts dispensing fried dough and cotton candy, but many lamented the dreary weather and closed dining halls. “Rain is a little disappointing—my food is wet,” Andrea L. Daniel ’09 said. “It’s really annoying that they took the food...
...names of New York boroughs, and the logos of baseball teams and colleges. But what if you're Asian and don't want to wear a hooded top that says BRONX or 49ERS? For you, there is a new cluster of regional designers sporting homegrown credentials on their fitted cotton sleeves...
...Amazon's natural bounty for both innovation and inspiration. Decks, floors and furnishings on the 130-ft. (40 m) vessel are crafted from Amazonian hardwoods such as shihuahuaco, cabreuva and caoba. Gray slate from Brazil was used to finish cabin walls, and the bedding is made from Peruvian cotton. There are no TVs in the cabins - only huge windows that provide panoramic views: "Nature's plasmas," says Aqua CEO Francesco Galli Zugaro. Meanwhile in the kitchen, baby-faced Peruvian chef Pedro Miguel Schiaffino - veteran of two Michelin-starred restaurants in Italy - sources many of his ingredients (from fat river escargots...