Word: cowing
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With her Green Party credentials, punk hairstyle and penchant for Rollerblading, Kunast, 45, has made quite a splash as Germany's new Minister for Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture. Amid devastating epidemics of foot-and-mouth and mad-cow disease, Kunast--a lawyer with no prior experience in agriculture--wants to reform European subsidies so they will encourage less crowded, less intensive farming practices that are healthier for animals and consumers...
...rabbi that his wife is threatening to leave him because their home is too small. The rabbi advises the man to bring his horse into the house. The following day, the skeptical fellow returns, saying his wife is even angrier now. The rabbi tells him to bring a cow into the house. This makes her even angrier, but the rabbi the next day advises the man to bring another cow into the house. And so on, until after a week, with his wife nearly apoplectic, the rabbi advises the man that if he removes the animals, his wife will...
...They still couldn't sleep after counting the first flock b) Sheep may have mad-cow disease c) Horses too heavy d) They had extra mint jelly...
...Department of Agriculture is not taking any chances that Europe's mad-cow disease will get a hoofhold here. This week the USDA will destroy 360 Vermont sheep, even though the agency does not know for sure that the animals have the disease--and may not know for two years. The sheep were imported from Europe in 1996. In 1998 the USDA placed them in quarantine after learning they may have consumed contaminated feed. Last July four of the animals developed transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, a class of diseases that includes mad cow. Within days, the USDA issued an emergency order...
...synthetic form of the gel-like substance that gives skin its volume and tension. Injections help plump up lips and smooth out creased lines around the mouth. The effect lasts a few months--possibly longer than the current best seller, collagen. And unlike collagen, which is usually made from cow tissue and can cause allergic reactions, Restylane is relatively side effect-free...