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...Lubin, France www.boheme.fr - until now something of a connoisseur's secret - is taking its handsome, handcrafted skis global. Each pair (around $2,000) requires an average of 37 hours to construct: space-age materials are sandwiched to a beech and poplar core, then finished with a thin layer of one of 11 different wooden claddings, including walnut, ebony and rosewood. Thick edges help these beauties carve a precise track down any mountainside...
...couldn’t withstand the forces of gravity and the uneven terrain. It seemed that the spice drop windows were too heavy, our ambitions too great for our capabilities.And yet with steady faith and a steady supply of nourishing sugar, we persevered through thick and thin layers of icing, only eating it when we needed the strength to continue. As we put the crowning touches on our delicate handiwork, we were aware of the grandeur of what we had accomplished. Already the gummy bear gypsies began to congregate at the front steps. Neither war nor revolution, neither tableshaking...
That market has been stretched thin by a ballooning number of science Ph.D.’s across the U.S., from under 4,000 a year in 1980 to over 7,000 in 2006, according to the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB). Harvard’s science Ph.D.’s have increased steadily since 2000, and the University announced a new initiative last week to further expand enrollment...
...true that African-American studies has its own department, its many faculty members and extensive course offerings are what make it a viable and self-sufficient program. On the other hand, faculty and course offerings in Asian American studies or any similar discipline are likely to remain thin for some time. A unified secondary concentration in Ethnic Studies would help solve this problem, allowing students to combine three or four courses on a single ethnic group with one or two courses on another (including in the Department of African and African-American Studies). Such an approach would go a long...
...exporters are complaining about their country's strengthening currency. The rupee's 13% rise against the dollar this year has eaten into the profits of technology and service companies, which typically have close to two thirds of their clients in the U.S. Textile manufacturers, who often operate on silk-thin margins, have also taken a hit as a result of being paid in dollars...