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macramé (măk`rəmā'), a technique of decorative knotting employing simple basic knots to create a multitude of patterns. The term derives from an Arabic word for braided fringe. Its first known use was recorded by Arabs in the 13th cent. During the next hundred years it spread to S Europe. Macramé has been used extensively by sailors as a pastime. The craft revival of the 1960s brought the technique to life after decades of obscurity. It remains popular for the making of handbags, wall hangings, plant hangers, and jewelry.
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| Three formulas are available, including ALRAM 100 and ALRAM 200, which both are high-purity alumina for chemistry control, neutral to acidic chemistry and have controlled expansion properties, and MACRAM 100, a temperature product with basic (alkaline) chemistry and a high coefficient of thermal expansion. Bishop Macram Max Gassis of El Obeid, whose jurisdiction includes the Nuba region, said, "Truly, this is a 'slaughter of the innocents,' an unbridled attempt to destroy the Nuba's hope, and, indeed, their future by destroying their children. When exiled Sudanese Bishop Macram Max Gassis introduced the documentary The Hidden Gift: War and Faith in Sudan at its premier at Fordham University Lincoln Center last month, he said the eighty-four- minute film was "an eye opener to the catastrophe that is happening in Sudan. |
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