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  • New writing, even at Scotland's nervecentre for new writing, the Traverse, isn't as healthy as it might be, and next year will present major challenges: the Olympics are taking place simultaneously, syphoning away resources from the festival – resources that will be even more scarce if we experience a double-dip recession.

    Edinburgh festival 2011: The highs and lows 2011

  • New writing, even at Scotland's nervecentre for new writing, the Olympics are taking place simultaneously, syphoning away resources from the festival - resources that will be even more scarce if we experience a double-dip recession.

    The Guardian World News Brian Logan 2011

  • Tendu leaves, which are used to make bidis (leaf-rolled cigarettes), are one of the most important forest products of the Bastar region that has been considered the nervecentre of Maoist terrorism in India since the late 1980s.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Sujeet Kumar 2009

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