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...Government Ayurveda College concluded that after using bedding, rugs and towels made from ayurvastra for one month, patients suffering from eczema, psoriasis and (curiously, because it is not a skin complaint) rheumatism showed a "marked improvement." This was sufficient to persuade the state government to give the weavers a grant of $250,000, which they're spending on a new medicinal-dye works...
...Government Ayurveda College concluded that after using bedding, rugs and towels made from ayurvastra for one month, patients suffering from eczema, psoriasis and (curiously, because it is not a skin complaint) rheumatism showed a "marked improvement." This was sufficient to persuade the state government to give the weavers a grant of $250,000, which they're spending on a new medicinal-dye works. The success of ayurvastra would not only mean more income for Thumbod. It would also be a boon for nearby hill tribes, who could grow the plants required. India's coir industry - which produces matting and mattresses...
...round-robin idea appealed to New England curators on several levels. Conceptually, erecting the steel structure in subsequent cities seemed like an exciting, open-ended exploration of how artists create public art. But the project also had the practical benefit of allowing each city to apply for a particular grant from the New England Foundation of the Arts, which required that the projects be distributed through at least three states. Through this short-lived piece, Godfrey says that he hopes to offer a new way of looking at aspects of Pamplona’s “residents?...
...maternal grandfather. Both my grandfathers were literary dilettantes. That is to say they wrote execrable poetry with great enthusiasm. They had most of Tennyson memorized.THC: How Victorian of them!GT: Edwardian. I’m not of that age yet.THC: Are you inspired by any screen idols? Cary Grant? Gregory Peck? Jimmy Stewart?GT: Oh yes, Cary Grant was a fantastically careful man. In the really old films the men were dressed wonderfully, and it’s amazing what these men can do with their handkerchiefs. Bing Crosby, in the early films, is amazing. His handkerchief is hanging down...
...vetting even the final “short list” from which Summers will make his ultimate selection.Were this the only accommodation made by Summers since members of the Faculty were last inflamed, perhaps yesterday’s performance would have been justified. But any fair observer would grant that, if still imperfect, Summers has at least taken positive steps towards accommodating the Faculty’s complaints. He has removed himself from any direct role in the ongoing Harvard College Curricular Review (HCCR)—perhaps in retrospect, mistakenly, given the Faculty’s disappointing failure...