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...know its chemical composition but her ((Brando's Danish governess Ermi)) breath was sweet, like crushed and slightly fermented fruit...
...Fast-growing forests? All possible in the near future, according to scientists who say they've isolated the gene that controls plants' natural growth hormone. The Michigan State University study, to be published Friday in the journal Science, says manipulating the gene could let farmers make plants and their fruit bigger -- without the chemical sprays they now rely on for boosting growth...
...Germany agreed to cooperate in an effort to stop nuclear smuggling. According to a joint statement released in Germany, the two countries "emphasized the urgent necessity of putting a stop to the illegal trade in radioactive and nuclear material, regardless of its origin." The sketchy agreement is the fruit of a three-day visit to Moscow by German envoy Bernd Schmidbauer, whom an alarmed Chancellor Helmut Kohl sent over after Munich police confiscated 350 grams of plutonium traced to Russia...
When yet another line involving the plates of sardines eludes her, Dotty bangs her head in exasperation and apologizes to the director in one of "Noises Off's" best lines, "It's just that it's like a fruit machine in there; I open my mouth, and I don't know if its going to come out three oranges or two lemons and a banana...
...town of Petit-Bourg was looted in April. "They left me with two empty hands." One farmer describes the destruction wrought by the army in the village of Petite-Riviere on April 25: "They burned down houses with everything in them. They cut down the banana trees, fruit trees, coconut trees. They shot cows, goats, pigs, cattle. They didn't leave anything," he says, tears in his eyes. "If only you could see the things they did, you wouldn't believe...