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A thousand looms assembled in a large factory, and driven by a central engine wove cloth vastly more cheaply than could the cottage weavers on their hand-looms.
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The men and women who had worked the hand-looms for themselves now went into the factories and worked the machine-looms, not for themselves, but for the capitalist owners.
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In the eighteenth century, in England, men and women wove cloth on hand-looms in their own cottages.
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Alessia Brunetti hand-looms traditional Tuscan scarves and fetching children's knitwear, many from her own designs.
The Other Tuscany Richard Nalley 2010
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In a past program, the Indian government was running a health package for the weavers that involved complicated payment procedures that deterred many participants, according to B.K. Sinha, development commissioner of hand-looms at the Ministry of Textiles in New Delhi.
Indian Weavers Shun Health Plan Vibhuti Agarwal 2009
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And under the shed stood Manuel and a youth, weaving at two heavy hand-looms.
The Plumed Serpent 2003
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Using IFAD's finance to purchase basic inputs such as seeds, tools, fertilizers, nets, hand-looms, food processing equipment and other items, millions of the rural poor are lifting themselves out of the clutches of poverty and heading down the road towards sustained development.
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If indirect employment were to be taken into consideration (e.g. employment generated by the production of looms), the hand-looms options 1 and 2 should generate much more employment than the other options since hand-looms may be manufactured locally while engine-powered looms are, with some exceptions
Chapter 8 1983
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This may be achieved in a number of ways, including research and development work on hand-looms and non-automatic looms, promotion of the local manufacture of simple looms, obtaining information on weaving technologies from developing countries, such as India, which have already acquired a great deal of experience in this field, etc.
Chapter 8 1983
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Thus, as to be expected, the two hand-looms options generate a great deal more employment than the remaining six weaving options.
Chapter 8 1983
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