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...Saria family and other tea producers are getting some help from the Indian government. State research institutes have committed $18 million to developing higher-yielding seeds and machinery to suit small growers, and the government is looking at introducing electronic auctions to make transactions faster and fairer, especially for the little guys. An additional $41 million fund gives tea producers incentives to process tea as more desirable--and profitable--long leaves rather than as granules...
...juggling, fashioning balloon animals, wearing a gag arrow through his head--but the whole thing was set within ironic quotation marks. It was stupid-smart: a clever man playing someone with misplaced self-confidence who didn't realize he was a buffoon. This guerrilla comic in a three-piece suit was daring the crowd to get it. And for a long time, there were no crowds. He had one 3 p.m. gig at a drive-in theater, in front of an audience in a dozen cars with speakers attached to the windows. If people liked a joke, they honked. Occasionally...
THINK AHEAD. Some day you'll value a first-floor bedroom, large handles on cabinets and being near a hospital. Also, if you work, the fitness-center hours and other activities may not suit your schedule...
...December meeting. Matory’s motion resolved: “That this Faculty commits itself to fostering civil dialogue in which people with a broad range of perspectives feel safe and are encouraged to express their reasoned and evidence-based ideas.” Wearing a gray suit and red tie, the bespectacled Matory rested his right arm on an empty chair while listening to the initial objections of his colleagues. “Professor Matory desires a situation in which he may say whatever he wishes, no matter how outrageous or inflammatory,” government professor Eric...
...past, voters would learn about political issues from a candidate in a suit—not a gopher in a suit. Enter blogging: websites and political blogs such as why08.org and VoteGopher.com allow viewers to compare candidates, mostly without bias and definitely with some funny twists. William M. Ruben ’10 launched VoteGopher.com last month, pledging: “We dig. You decide.” The site educates voters by presenting election platforms cleverly illustrated with gophers. But Ruben’s vision hasn’t played out entirely—the site does the digging...