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Scandal in Rome has buffeted the church. (Italian political corruption purges)
National Catholic Reporter
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March 26, 1993|
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OXFORD, England - You won't find Tangentopoli on any map of Italy.
It is a city of the mind, a new word for an old reality. Tangenti are the kick-backs that Italian politicians routinely pocket on all public works. "Bribesville" is the best translation for the system that has ruled Italian political life since the 1980s.
It came to light thanks to the determined efforts of a Milan judge, Antonio Di Pietro. A computer buff capable of tracking down the most recondite transactions, Di Pietro has almost single-handedly uncovered the web of favors, kick-backs ...
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SISAL HEMP MARKET OPTIMISTIC
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; AsiaInfo Services 12-03-1996 Sisal Hemp Market Optimistic CHINA, December...was an increasing demand for sisal hemp and its products both at home and...recent years. The market for sisal hemp is optimistic. Sisal hemp raising...
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TANZANIA'S COFFEE, SISAL SELL WELL IN JAPANESE
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire
; ...major products exported to Japan by Tanzania are sisal hemp, fish products, sesame seeds, textile yarn...es Salaam. Tanzania was the leading exporter of sisal to Japan in 1998 with sisal worth more than 1.06 million U.S. dollars...
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Use of preimpregnated sisal yarn in woven reinforced polypropylene sheets: thermoformability and mechanical properties.
Magazine article from: Polymer Engineering and Science
; ...recyclable materials. Natural sisal, jute, flax, hemp, aspen, coconut, or banana fibers...out of polypropylene (PP) and sisal fiber (SF), compatibilized with...polyolefins and the hydrophilic sisal fiber surfaces cause poor fiber...
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A low-cost, low-fiber-breakage, injection molding process for long sisal fiber reinforced polypropylene.
Magazine article from: Polymer Engineering and Science
; ...work has demonstrated that natural sisal, jute, flax, hemp, aspen, coconut or banana fibers...nowadays is the automotive industry. Sisal fiber (SF) is extracted from...mechanical and physical properties of sisal fiber reinforced composites are...
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GOING NATURAL; THE DISTRIBUTION OF RUGS MADE OF FIBERS LIKE SISAL OR JUTE HAS INCREASED IN POPULARITY.
Magazine article from: HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network
; ...rugs, which includes sisal, coir, jute, sea grass, hemp, wool-sisal blends and linen. Boucle and ribbed texture sisals, which retail from...addition to jute and sisal. The company mixes...that do, such as hemp and jute. Trade Am...
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Clear your head with purity: start with warm white walls for freshness. Add baskets and sisal for natural textures. Accent with green. It's like taking a deep breath of clean country air.(fresh CLEAN looks)(Interview)(Cover story)
Magazine article from: House Beautiful
; ...manzanita branch. Belgian linen covers Jean-Michel Frank chairs, hemp covers the sofa. Green, Pearson's favorite color ("it...get that sense of depth. And you've added more texture with sisal. I have an obsession with anything that's woven. I love...
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Roundup; Senate gives preliminary OK to industrial hemp legislation.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
; ...preliminary approval to Monday. Industrial hemp can be used in the manufacture of paper, yarn, rope, sacks and other sisal hemp products. Advocates say it could...agriculture commissioner to grow industrial hemp and would have to specify the location...
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Lotus develops 'hemp' sports car.(Assembly Lines)
Magazine article from: Assembly
; ...gear-change indicator that helps drivers shift gears more efficiently, and such unconventional materials as hemp, eco-wool and sisal in its body panels, paint and trim pieces. "The Eco Elise is a great example of the advanced and affordable...
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Sew what? Relishing hemp's new image
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; ...re-enactments. These days hemp is grown mostly in China. It...War II, grown to replace the sisal needed for U.S. Navy rope...Japanese cut off the Pacific hemp line. According to the Des...million for 133,543 tons of hemp grown on more than 62,000...
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REALLY USEFUL guide ; Alison Cork is sold on an anti-mould kit for the bathroom, creates her own furniture covers for the sitting room, and dresses her dining table with hemp
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London
; ...makingdiyeasier.co.uk. Hemp is one plant that grows well...Cotton has created a Purely Hemp range that features everything...It is also able to make hemp shower curtains (Pounds 45...of floorcoverings made from sisal, seagrass, jute and coir...
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