Word: stoning
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...debunks, they were not the master artists they are sometimes trumpeted to be. Many were just journeymen, working on component parts upon which they inscribed their names not as Monet-like signatures but as part of quality-control procedures. The names worked as premodern barcodes. Shoddy platters, censers, stone carvings and so on could be traced back to the workshop that produced them, and the artisans could be punished accordingly. The inscriptions also worked as brands, and forgeries of luxury wares were rampant. Fake Gucci bags are just a historical extension...
...dozens of grubby but excited children and then teaching French class in shifts, 50 kids at a time. Head to the nearby open-pit mines the same afternoon, and you'll find Patrice, again, this time bearing a shovel and sweating as he digs in search of one precious stone...
...Even if I find something, I won't say anything. All these men are listening out for the discovery of a stone," says Patrice as he sees a handful of rebels walking towards the riverside mine. "If you find something you have to just remain calm and pretend nothing has happened," he adds...
...BIRDS WITH ONE STONE...
...dean and a couple of his deputies—including S. James Adelstein, who was serving as executive dean for academic programs—developed a plan to kill two birds with one stone: provide a framework for Medical School programs abroad while using the programs to improve the School’s fiscal situation...