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Nakashima appreciates the attention, but accolades run against his self- effacing grain. Trained as an architect at M.I.T., he took up furniture making after studying with spiritual leader Sri Aurobindo in Pondicherry, India, during the 1930s. "The negation of the ego," says Nakashima, "is central in Indian philosophy. If you can negate your ego, you can develop." During World War II, Nakashima advanced his craft in an Idaho detention camp for Japanese Americans. There he learned about prejudice. He also learned woodworking from a fellow internee who had been trained as a carpenter in Japan...
Nakashima's bench mark is the wood itself: form follows grain. He has gathered an extensive collection of lumber that includes slabs of Carpathian elm, Oregon myrtle and French olive ash. Nakashima says, "I'm something of a Druid," and he sallies into the woods to check promising trees himself. "I use logs that would be almost useless to commercial furniture makers, with their concern for regular grain and thin veneers," he adds. "If a tree has had a joyful life it produces a beautiful grain. Other trees have lived unhappily -- bad weather or a terrible location. We use both...
...first, the leader of the Great Counterrevolution was Deng Xiaoping. He dismantled the vastly inefficient system of communes. Farms were turned over to families. The results were almost immediate -- and impressive. Grain output increased 44% over eight years. Soviet economists looked to China with envy and emulation. Kulaks -- rich peasants -- came back into fashion...
...canal reached almost 156.5 million tons of cargo, the second highest load in canal history. The U.S., the canal's largest user, sends 13.7% of its international seabound trade through the canal. Japan, the second largest user, relies heavily on the canal for food imports. A shipment of grain from the U.S., for instance, would take about 20 days longer if it had to be rerouted. Even so, traffic may peter out as trade vessels get larger; already a sizable portion of cargo ships cannot fit through the canal...
...sense, rationing medical care is a form of triage -- the mellifluous French term, derived from wartime practice, for giving medical attention to the most likely survivors. This goes against the American grain. According to a 1987 Harris poll, more than 90% agreed with the statement that "everybody should have the right to get the best possible health care -- as good as the treatment a millionaire gets." But another survey, by the Public Agenda Foundation, found that only one person in ten would accept a $125 tax increase to support a national insurance program for catastrophic illness. As medical costs rise...