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...Soak the rice for 5 minutes in warm water. Rinse and drain. 2. Heat the oil in a wide pot at medium-high heat. Add rice and saut?, stirring occasionally until the rice becomes transparent and the grains start to separate. Pour off any excess oil. Add carrots and peas and saut? for two more minutes. 3. Add pureed tomatoes to the rice and cook for 4 minutes. Next, add stock/water. Arrange the chilis and parsley on top. 4. Bring to a boil. 5. As soon as it boils, reduce the flame to medium and cover. Cook for 20 minutes...
...Medicare's new prescription-drug plan. So they are planning a more focused and consistent effort to talk about the program's successes after months of press reports on start-up difficulties. Bolten's plan also calls for more happy talk about the economy. With gas prices a heavy drain on Bush's popularity, his aides want to trumpet the lofty stock market and stable inflation and interest rates. They also plan to highlight any glimmer of success in Iraq, especially the formation of a new government, in an effort to balance the negative impression voters get from continued signs...
...business that has expanded to a 10,000-sq.-ft. factory and sales at Whole Foods Markets across the country. Onysko is passionate about the impact of grooming habits on the environment (the average shower gel takes 200 to 300 years to biodegrade once it's rinsed down the drain...
...heat and storing it in geothermal wells?basically warm holes in the ground?over the course of a year, the house actually produces more power than it consumes. Or, as Good puts it, "there are days when the electric meter spins backward." That means not only less of a drain on the state power grid but also cost savings for the owners, thanks to a billing-credit arrangement offered by the state of Oregon to businesses and homeowners who produce surplus power...
...after al-Arian's acquittal late last year, "I think the disgraceful, overzealous way the U.S. pursued this case has hurt its credibility [in the Arab world]. But Sami lied to me and his colleagues, and all the progress we made feels like it's all gone down the drain." Which is where the Feds and al-Arian have both apparently decided to let the matter...