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...bottle caps). Coming up with new ideas for furniture is tough, Singh admits, because he starts with scraps. Given the constantly changing nature of the raw materials, no more than 20 pieces can be made for each design. But this limitation is also an advantage-customers are willing to shell out top dollar for handmade designs they can be sure very few people have. "I want to celebrate life and the imperfections inherent in my raw materials," Singh says. "My designs therefore come out very edgy." He is currently preoccupied with figuring out how to turn other kinds of leftovers...
When a jabbering, flourescently-dressed Marielle E. Woods ’08 first strutted onto the stage of “Reception” with a shell-shocked Jonah C. Priour ’09 in tow, I followed Priour’s example and settled back into my seat in chagrined resignation. Woods’ schizophrenic movements within the confines of the bedroom set was quickly making me claustrophobic, and I thought that the rest of the play would be similarly overdone...
...Jeevatharsini lost the arm in artillery shelling five months ago, says her father Loganathan Sinnathambi, who farmed rice until the family was forced to flee fighting between government soldiers and rebel forces in their hometown of Trincomalee last July. They headed south, but each time they found shelter with a relative or in a camp for internally displaced people, as refugees within their own country are known, fighting would erupt again and they would be forced to move on. Last November, the family was cowering inside a tent at a camp in the town of Kathiraveli during a bombardment when...
Given that business travelers can get a basic laptop and a cell phone for $2,000, they may hesitate to shell out that much for an early-stage UMPC. That's why Bajarin calls this a "missionary" year for the category, which is counting on early-adopting corporate types who can expense their purchase...
...having discussions with Gazprom now. Russia would like access to the U.S. market, and obviously you can't ignore them. But we're also seeing things like the government forcing Shell into a corner and giving up a lucrative project. So any relationship will have to be carefully thought through...