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Brighter colors often indicate synthetic dyes, whereas traditionally-made items are still made with the muted earthy colors of natural dyes.
A possibly apocryphal story from Herman Oliver's Gold and Cattle Country concerns a local prominence once called Squaw Tit (not all of the pioneers being missionaries); the Geographic Board decided the name was too earthy and, wishing to retain a semblance of the original appellation changed the name to Squaw Butte ; when the map came out with the new name, the final e was unfortunately omitted.
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Yiddish never apologizes for what it is—the earthy, wise soul of an expressive people learning that life is but a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
But the New York Times ' Ben Brantley claims the play "bears the rare mark of theatrical greatness: it is rooted in specific, even earthy details but it sets off echoes that go way beyond its sad story."
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