For Millions, the goal is a unique rock voice

Chicago Sun-Times;  October 13, 1991 ;   Wayne Jancik;   246 words ...Amid dead cars and scraps of yesterday's news, they worked at their rock 'n' roll art. At night they met in a damp barn on the edge of the Burlington Northern RR yard outside of Lincoln, Neb. "We were out to play loud and personal music, like no other...

AIDS CRISIS SPREADS ACROSS INDIA 10 MILLION IN COUNTRY MAY BE HIV-POSITIVE...

The Boston Globe;  December 5, 1999 ;   Marion Lloyd, Globe Correspondent;   787 words ......hut on the outskirts of this thriving sugar cane center, a young woman lay dying, her half-naked body resting limply on a rough straw cot. She had never heard of the disease that has transformed her once-rounded figure into that of a starving child. The disease...

Tale of aristocratic decline mixes farce with pathos

Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  July 21, 2007 ;     412 words ......As the book opens, he is estranged from his third wife Patsy, who still lives in the flat at Sitten Hall, and is living in a damp barn conversion. Michael is increasingly bewildered by the modern world, and full of regrets, but at least he has a grandson, seven-year...

Crucial action on burglaries

Bristol Evening Post;  December 20, 2004 ;     307 words ......identified this, they have a clear idea of who is responsible and they are starting to do something about it. If you'd have done a rough straw poll of people in the area as to who was responsible for the average break-in, they would probably have come back with the...

Ancient papermaking still a thriving business

China Daily;  December 22, 2005 ;     787 words ......the layers thicken from the fibres starting to mesh together. This layer is then piled on top of previous sheets of paper on rough straw and left to slowly dry. Making paper involves teamwork. Usually the men work at the pulp pools to build up the raw paper piles...

Jil Sander's journey from sobriety to femininity The Collections / Paris

International Herald Tribune;  October 6, 2004 ;   Suzy Menkes;   769 words ......charms chinking, python, lace and zebra mixed in a big bang of pattern. Other flamboyant gestures included feather coats and rough straw hats. The fast-paced, sexy show was not a breakthrough for the design duo, but the Dolce & Gabbana look had moved upscale...

Group Seeks To Preserve Arcola Slave Quarters

The Washington Post;  February 10, 2005 ;   Lila de Tantillo;   446 words ......envisions the building as a place where students and others could learn how slaves lived in the 19th century, sleeping on rough straw pallets on the dirt floor and washing the laundry from the master's house. "That's the dirty part of Loudoun's history that...

Jil Sander's journey from sobriety to femininity The Collections / Milan

International Herald Tribune;  October 2, 2004 ;   Suzy Menkes;   768 words ......charms chinking, python, lace and zebra mixed in a big bang of pattern. Other flamboyant gestures included feather coats and rough straw hats. The fast-paced, sexy show was not a breakthrough for the design duo, but the Dolce & Gabbana look had moved upscale...

Middleton's 'Michaelmas Term' Inductio 13-19. (Thomas Middleton)

The Explicator;  June 22, 1993 ;   Chakravorty, Swapan;   756 words ......in the city. But editors seem to have missed the full reach of the quibble. Hopharlots were coarse sheets used to cover the rough straw mats that served as beds in modest sixteenth-century country homes. Recording the improvement in household comforts during...

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Chicago Sun-Times;  April 22, 2005 ;   Hedy Weiss;   281 words ......elaborate embroidery." Some of the fabric was ordered directly from Japan. Much of it was bought on the Internet, as were rough straw sandals. "Design is such an integral part of Mary's whole envisioning of a project," said Blumenfeld. "It's never just about...

Premiere Classe focuses on playful touches, pastels. (Paris accessories...

Footwear News;  October 28, 1991 ;     535 words ......environment was another ever present theme, from Antik Batik's banana fiber hats, purses and backpacks to island-influenced rough straw bags at Jamin-Puech Salon Jeunes Stylistes Hyeres. Other style highlights were: British designer Anya Hindmarch's feminine...

Group Seeks To Preserve Building; $1 Million Needed for Arcola Slave...

The Washington Post;  February 6, 2005 ;   Lila de Tantillo;   445 words ......envisions the building as a place where students and others could learn how slaves lived in the 19th century, sleeping on rough straw pallets on the dirt floor and washing the laundry from the master's house. "That's the dirty part of Loudoun's history that...

Tuition-credits bill sparks tiff

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  February 13, 2004 ;   Jennifer Toomer-Cook and Bob Bernick, Jr. Deseret Morning News;   695 words ......failed the past three years. The bill needs 38 House votes to pass that body and 15 in the Senate. "It could be viewed as a rough straw poll on tuition tax credits, but I realize there is some variability in the votes," which could have been cast for procedural...