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...Which brought the interview to the crux of Gardner?s beef against Kerry. Gardner-who remembers no important dates or times or locales-claims that Kerry once threatened him with a court martial. The incident happened when Gardner, who told me he had ?no trouble shooting gooks,? saw a Viet Cong guerilla with an AK-47 in a boat and started firing. ?I lay the hammer down on him,? Gardner explains. ?I just put a finger on the gun: boom, boom, boom, boom. He?s done. He got flipped out of the boat, he went straight down. That?s when...
What does it mean? Over time, all countries develop a web of regulations to protect their industries from foreign competition. Some apply only to particular countries; others are broadly based. The measures can be as transparent as quotas on beef or customs duties on consumer products. Or they can be as sneaky as some quarantine regulations, the non-recognition of professional qualifications, or investment-screening protocols. This agreement tries to dismantle many bilateral barriers. In general, Australia's is an open economy that has been reducing its industrial protection (often unilaterally) for 30 years. But political fiddling and the idiosyncrasies...
...some horticultural products will no longer be subject to duties. For the first time, Australian companies will be able to compete for government tenders in the U.S. Service providers will be treated as if they were American. Farmers will be able to sell an extra $3.6 billion worth of beef and dairy products over the next two decades. The tariff on Australian wine will be cut to zero over 11 years...
...they throw in whatever they see in the walk-in [fridge].” The soup of the day when FM visited was called Jungle Jumble soup, and Bott had scratched its recipe on a yellow post-it note. She wrote, “onion, garlic, black beans, beef broth, apple cider, cumin, tarragon, green pepper, tomatoes, almonds,” with no particular measurements assigned to them...
...Turkey with mashed potatoes would turn into some kind of chicken with white rice, and soon only the rice would be leftover,” he said. And, apparently, many students who frequently check the Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) menus were not surprised when the roast beef with peppercorn sauce that they had been craving all day turned out to be nothing more than buttered noodles...