Business thrived as families came in to shop to purchase the heavy jewelry offered as bridal dowry, a practice common in many parts of India.

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The documents show details of daily life, such as how heavy wax candles were a crucial purchase in order for 15th century worshippers to see the Eucharist during Mass.

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Additionally, Dow is in the process of addressing the heavy debt load taken on to fund the April 2009 purchase of Rohm and Haas.

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He also put in place a vigorous international expansion plan that included the purchase last year of Volkswagen's Brazilian heavy-truck business and this year of a 25% stake in Sinotruk, China's biggest maker of heavy trucks.

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But the maker of International brand heavy trucks and buses did make an important strategic move Thursday by announcing it will purchase diesel engines and after-treatment components from its rival Cummins, which is already producing engines that comply with emissions rules set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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