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"The sigh of the east": a sense of empire and other lingerings.
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The Faint Puff of the East
How does the East sigh? In recounting his youth, Joseph Conrad's Marlow evokes a lush landscape of swirling colours and indescribable sensual pleasures:
And this is how I see the East. . . a high outline of mountains, blue and afar in the morning; like faint mist at noon; a jagged wall of purple at sunset . . . we dragged at the oars with aching arms, and suddenly a puff of wind, a puff faint and tepid and laden with strange odours of blossoms, of aromatic wood, comes out of the still night - the first sigh of the East on my face. ...
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Influence of sawing solution and pith location on warp in 2 by 4 lumber sawn from small-diameter loblolly pine stems.
Magazine article from: Forest Products Journal
; Abstract Pith location in loblolly pine 2 by 4's sawn from small-diameter...on bow was significantly worse for lumber that did not contain pith and lumber that contained pith along one wide face than for lumber that contained pith in the...
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MoU signed between Coir Board, Rubber Mark for coir pith.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
; ...between Coir Board, Rubber Mark for coir pith Kochi, Jul 11 (PTI) In a bid to popularise the use of coir pith, Coir Board has entered into an agreement...for the manufacture and supply of coir pith organic manure(C-pom). A Memorandum...
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Arab desert to go green with Indian Coir pith.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
; Arab desert to go green with Indian Coir pith Kochi, Aug 13 (PTI) The lowly coir pith from India will soon be used to manufacture soil...transfer of technology for bio-conversion of coir pith into soil conditioner, developed by the Coir...
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Your headwear, I presume: Henry Morton Stanley's pith helmet.
Magazine article from: Geographical
; ...the Nile. In 1871, wearing this very pith helmet, Stanley finally tracked the erstwhile...Wolseley solar helmet--the original safari pith helmet. Still trading today, under the...even Livingstone himself. Typically, pith helmets were made from cork or the dried...
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Wood, bark, and pith anatomy in Pittocaulon (~Senecio, Asteraceae): Water storage and systematics1
Magazine article from: Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society
; ...Mxico, D. E, Mxico). Wood, bark, and pith anatomy in Pittocaulon (~Senecio, Asteraceae...consist of a very thick, water storing pith surrounded by a thin-walled cylinder...the stems. The strata of the chambered pith in Pittocaulon may expand and contract...
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Effects of sago palm pith as replacement for corn grain on intake, rumen fermentation characteristics and microbial N supply of cattle fed Paspalum plicatulum hay.(Report)
Magazine article from: Asian - Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
; ...products from sago palm includes sago palm pith (SPP), sago starch (SS) which is extracted from the SPP, and residued sago palm pith (RSPP) or sago fiber, a by-product...diets (Anonymous, 2006). Sundried SPP pith contains 1.0% of crude protein (CP...
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A bottomless pith of healthy vitamins; SUPER FOOD.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England)
; ...the pulpy membrane that separates the segments, and a little pith - this contains pectin which can help lower blood cholesterol...A, vitamin B6 and folic acid. Other virtues: The pulp and pith contain bioflavonoids which some experts think neutralise cancer...
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Tragedy At Pith-la-choc-co
Newspaper article from: Seminole Tribune
; ...Flowers, Charles Seminole Tribune 08-18-2000 Tragedy At Pith-la-choc-co * Peter B. Gallagher and Charles Flowers When...shaped, 7,000-acre lake near Gainesville the Seminoles called Pith-la-choc-co. Deadhead logging - removing submerged cut...
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PITH-WAY TO SUCCESS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; Here is a tale, full of sound and fury or, at the least, pith and vinegar, signifying something. Frank L. McNamara, the US attorney in these parts unless a Democrat takes the White House...
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GARDENING; Pith helmets optional
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; THE WORDS "plant hunters" conjure up visions of men and women in pith helmets roaming the plains and jungles of the Orient armed with a sharp knife, a plastic bag and a phial of snake-bite serum...
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