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In some of the larger towns there are artels of a much more complex kind-- permanent associations, possessing large capital, and pecuniarily responsible for the acts of the individual members." The word "artel," despite its apparent similarity, has, Mr Aylmer Maude assures me, no connection with "ars" or "arte." Its root is that of the verb "rotisya," to bind oneself by an oath; and it is generally admitted to be only another form of "rota," which now signifies a "regimental company." In both words the underlying idea is that of a body of men united by an oath.

Ars longa," said Captain Wragge, pathetically drifting into Latin -- "vita brevis!

The transaction provides ARS with access to the New Jersey market and will allow the company to accelerate its expansion into neighbouring northern markets, said ARS chief executive Don Karnes.

The ARS Office of Technology Transfer works with companies interested in obtaining required regulatory approvals, licensing ARS technologies, and conducting trials.--By Rosalie Marion Bliss, ARS.

Gautam Sarath, a molecular biologist at the Grain, Forage and Bioenergy Research Unit, USDA ARS, in Lincoln, Nebraska, and co-workers have determined the sequences of about 12,000 switchgrass gene fragments.

ARS and Israeli scientists are comparing two different methods, both of which rely on the plant to signal water needs through leaf temperature: the newer time-temperature threshold and the older crop water stress index.

The ARS has been compared favorably with Krane's (1994) modification of the Mental Readiness Form (MRF-L).

ARS was widely considered to be a well-run company, but a series of setbacks beyond management's control - slow recovery from a local recession, the failure of a long-time major customer and residual impact from earlier management problems that the current team was turning around - had led to six quarters of disappointing results.