Word: plowing
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...mind quicker than “art,” Wein’s work underwhelms. It is really only when Wein is able to soften brute force and add definition to the abstract that the beauty of his genius is unmistakably evident. With “Man with Plow,” Wein simplifies, so that the man in the sculpture lacks incredible muscularity, and instead exudes a rustic, humanistic charm. With downcast eyes, the man and his plow seem almost coy. This same coyness is paired with broad, vibrant strokes of color in “Geisha...
...life, especially in the fields where local farmers grow barley, potatoes and teff, a cereal used to make the flat, spongy bread injera. As a warm July rain falls on a patchwork of smallholdings half a day's walk from the nearest road, the women harvest yams, the men plow behind sturdy oxen and fat chickens, goats and cows roam outside mud huts. And yet for all the apparent abundance, this area is so short of food that many are dying from starvation...
...their meager incomes on necessities. UNICEF estimates that an additional 1.8 million children in India may be on the brink of malnutrition due to high food costs as households scale back on meals. In the Philippines, farmers, unable to afford fuel for tractors, are reverting to water buffalos to plow their paddies...
...else the E.U. could simply plow on with what it has under the existing treaties. This last option has been decried as a recipe for gridlock. Yet studies have shown that the 27 member states still function well with machinery designed for 15. Last December, Helen Wallace of the London School of Economics published research showing that E.U. enlargement has barely changed day-to-day work: the European Parliament produced as much legislation in 2006 as it did five years before, the European Commission has maintained its work rate, and there has been no significant rise in non-compliance cases...
...Letts, a former college professor turned character actor, appeared in the world-premiere production last year at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre. Then, just before it was to transfer to Broadway, he received a diagnosis of stage-four lung cancer. Hard discussions with the creative team followed; he decided to plow ahead with the part. In between chemotherapy sessions, Letts made his Broadway debut in early December, sharing in the rave reviews. Less than three months later, he died. "Dad did eight shows a week until late January," says his son. "Then he went into the hospital for what we thought...