Word: livelihood
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Rare antique and contemporary textile crafts from different regions of India will be on display. Several of these weaves and embroideries embody centuries of ancient craft traditions through which rural and tribal artisan communities have earned their livelihood. Part of the revenue raised by the exhibit will benefit the endangered artists of India through FIRE: Funding Indian Rural Enterprise, details of which can be seen at www.projectfire.org. Through Oct. 12. Free opening reception at 6 p.m. with an Indian classical dance performance in the Kathak Style by Sanjeevani Kukreja. Zeitgeist Gallery, 1353 Cambridge...
...began overseeing the online curiosity that rapidly morphed into the world's most successful e-commerce company. Valued at $32 billion, eBay handles transactions worth $59 million a day, or $684 a second. Mom-and-pop shops peddle their wares alongside IBM, Kodak and Sears--and many stake their livelihood on the digital marketplace. "I think there's a minimum of 150,000 businesses that might not exist without eBay," says Whitman...
...natural resources coveted by Western importers, making state power the primary economic prize over which generals, demagogues and warlords competed - and control over those resources often fueled further repression and war. The problem confronting most peacekeeping missions in the region is that warfare has often become a source of livelihood for thousands of young men for whom the civilian economy provides few prospects...
...only disappointment was in not getting "The Comics Journal," the only necessary comics-related periodical (see review), nominated. For certain judges its relentlessly anti-corporate/mainstream/superhero editorial stance is like an offensive rebuttal to something they are personally passionate about and even dependent on for their livelihood. Arguing in favor of its inclusion was like arguing that they should hit themselves in the head with a hammer...
...With his livelihood threatened, Rlickman contacted the ACLU...