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...Abroad, UN authorization is an important precondition, even if only as a legal and political fig leaf, for most countries likely to support a U.S. invasion. Many U.S. allies are resigned to the inevitability of an invasion, and many of those who have opposed it all along may feel obliged to support once it begins - not that their skepticism is insincere, but simply because their primary concern is stability and as U.S. allies they'd have an overriding interest in seeing the war won quickly and decisively. Further, many of the key foreign players in this conflict, from France...
After years of being thought of as Newton filling, figs are popular again. Sales to restaurants and grocery stores are rising rapidly, according to the California Fig Advisory Board. Chefs love figs, which are in peak season right now, because they work equally well in sweet and savory dishes, including salad, risotto and ice cream. There are hundreds of varieties, ranging from purple-black to almost white. When buying figs, look for plump ones that feel heavy in the hand, tender but not mushy. They're very perishable and should be used soon after you get them home, but they...
...ginger and cinnamon grow in abundance, in both cultivated and wild varieties. The coffee bushes blossom in March and April. Even during the busy November harvest season, when guests are invited to join in the berry picking, any visitor will feel a splendid isolation surrounded by the giant rosewood, fig and mahogany trees in the shade of which the coffee grows. It's an environment conducive to reverie, and meditation is encouraged?especially on the banks of the nearby Cauvery, one of the seven holy rivers of India. Most Indians worship rivers as givers of life, and local guides will...
...Meanwhile, New York Attorney General Elliot Spitzer - who tore the last fig leaf off the opinions-for-sale game by releasing internal Merrill Lynch emails scoffing at stocks the analysts were publicly promoting - is talking settlement with Merrill, attempting to make over the firm as a model for a more trustworthy Wall Street...
...both above and below water. There's an extensive coral reef on the sheltered southwestern side, with a healthy population of reef fish and some larger predators such as sharks (mainly black and white tips), stingrays, turtles and barracuda. We also found two sea eagles nesting in a strangler fig in the interior of the island...