In fact, art nouveau was an international phenomenon that raised its serpentine head in many of the great and, if not great, then industrious towns and cities of Europe, from Paris and Brussels, via Lille and Nancy, to Barcelona and then across to Turin, Venice and Vienna, back up through the Low Countries to Scandinavia and Finland.
Yet it is at a large construction site overlooking the River Aire near the centre of this industrious northern town that the global credit crisis is casting its darkest shadow.
Even in his later years, Bach could sound like a town craftsman: "I was obliged to be industrious; whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well".
The New Yorker, November 1 , 1947P. 22 An industrious young literary figure recently settled down in a small town in Vermont to gather material for a spooky tale of the region he intends to write.
By Leslie A. Hart and Brendan Gill The New Yorker, November 1 , 1947P. 22 An industrious young literary figure recently settled down in a small town in Vermont to gather material for a spooky tale of the region he intends to write.
He was one of those rare reporters to stay on after the liberation of Saigon, and in his book Giai Phong! (1976) he painted a picture of its transformation from a corrupt, brothel-studded town into what seemed like an orderly and industrious city, and wrote approvingly of re-education.
In Ningbo, a coastal town in Zhejiang province, Bird's modern factory is full of industrious workers and high-tech machines, but Dai Maoyu, Bird's executive vice-president, looks tired.
Sporting KC were back to their annoying, industrious, feverish, exhilarating and boisterous best when the 100% record of Montreal rolled into town.
They are industrious people.
