Word: dungeness
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...became. What they learned in the morning was contradicted in the afternoon. In medical school they found themselves treated as fledgling quacks; in ayurvedic school they found their questions brushed off. One student asked: "Does it really do any good to bake this medication over a fire of cow dung rather than some other fuel?" Replied the teacher: "You must have faith in what you are taught...
...undertake worldwide production and marketing of a simple machine that promises much for the homeless millions. Called the Cinva-Ram Block Press, it makes sturdy brick from a down-to-earth mixture of 90-95% dirt and 5-10% cement or other binding admixtures, such as lime or animal dung...
...over two of Brazil's states, Minas Gerais and Sáo Paulo, health workers were directing homeowners last week in what looked like a most unsanitary task: coating the walls inside thousands of mud huts with a mixture containing cow dung. As a result, Dr. Mario Pinotti, running the campaign from his modernistic 18th-floor office in Rio, was confident that thousands of lives would be saved...
...used to throw stones at their nests, but the nests never cracked. They're like iron. Why?" A research project was hurriedly launched, provided the answer: ovenbirds in Sao Paulo build their rock-hard, crackproof, oven-shaped nests with a mixture of sand and cow dung...
...Even a Smell. Health Crusader Pinotti, head of Brazil's two-year-old National Department of Endemic Diseases, mixed trial batches of dung with his own well-manicured hands, personally daubed some wattle walls and waited. No cracks developed, and not a barbeiro could be found in the huts. Last year Dr. Pinotti ran a pilot study on 2,000 homes. After six months, none harbored a barbeiro, though 98% had been infested previously. Last week the dung mixers were busy on two projects, each involving 100,000 homes. Said Pinotti: "No cracked mud means no barbeiros...