Paducah is also home to the National Quilt Museum, with its impressive collection of textile art.

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Take, for example, the wealthy industrialist Samuel Courtauld, scion of the Courtauld textile empire, whose collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings assembled during the 1920s and 30s helped permanently establish their importance in the post-war period.

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In nearby Greensboro, International Textile Group, a collection of rolled-fabric makers bought out of bankruptcy by financier Wilbur Ross, is coming up with new products for affiliated company Nano-Tex, which develops textile applications on the nano scale.

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These will come to be seen as yet another, odious "unfunded federal mandate" and few in the many affected companies (including the pharmaceutical, petroleum, mining, aerospace, electronics, semiconductor, food, textile and cosmetic industries) appreciate that they are about to be subjected to onerous and expensive data collection, reporting and inspection requirements.

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