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...centuries, men in the Middle East have gathered around hookahs to puff fruit-scented smoke, talk and pass the time. In the West, however, the water pipe became synonymous with drug culture in the 1960s, an association that lingers. But in the past couple of years, the hookah has been resurrected in youth-oriented coffeehouses, restaurants and bars, supplanting the cigar as the tobacco fad of the moment. "It's a social thing to do. You can get a hookah and hang out," says Rothe, passing the hose to his friends at the Parisian-style Gypsy Cafe. "It's really...
...Omen Pathologists warn that the banana's days are numbered. The fruit lacks the genetic diversity to ward off diseases and could eventually vanish unless biotechnology is used to save...
...types of apples in the world, only about 100 kinds are grown commercially on any significant scale in the U.S. The most popular variety has traditionally been the crunchy Red Delicious, which accounts for about 40% of apple sales in this country. Originally it was a fine, tasty fruit, but as it grew more popular, it began to be mass produced more for looks and hardiness than for flavor...
...response to the pleas of consumers and chefs who demand more flavor from their fruit, the Delicious is being slowly replaced by newer varieties of apples--such as the Braeburn, Pink Lady and Cameo--that not only look pretty but also taste good. Says Anna Maenner, executive director of the Wisconsin Apple Growers Association: "Every couple of years, there's a new variety that's coming...
Most corporations will do whatever will pay them back in the intermediate term. Think of the "low-hanging fruit" issues--waste, energy use, pollution. There is a social mandate to fix those problems. But what in the world does a timber company, say, care about biodiversity? There has to be some other way to inject that interest to make a company use its resources to help solve that problem...