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...doubt, Hebrew cultural values would have flourished to the higher degree made feasible by their natural habitat if the nation were not distracted by the dictates of the Arabs' intransigence and territorial greed. But as a nation, we have kept our cultural balance. I believe we have the spiritual resources to do so until the Arabs realize that peace is their best policy as well as ours...
...winged bean is such a bountiful miracle, why was it so long neglected outside its native habitat? For one thing, like collard greens and peanuts in the U.S. South, it has been a peasant food, scorned by middle-class palates. Even when the world's agronomists began working on the green revolution by creating new strains of higher-yield plants, they concentrated so heavily on major crops like wheat, rice, maize and sorghum that humbler plants were overlooked...
...burying the line, would be economically and technically unfeasible. Farmers have suggested running most of the line through state-owned land. But the state does not want the line either. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources claims that the line might "affect the behavior of animals and change wildlife habitat and affect the physiological state or conditions of plants and animals." Harrumphs Farmer Art Isackson: "I guess a skunk is worth more than a farmer...
...make mistakes when doing tricks with their trainers. Says he: "It's like a kid who slams the door, knowing that his mother will ask what's wrong and show him some sympathy." This watery form of anthropomania doubtless is an acquired trait, since in their natural habitat none of the mammals are aware of humans. Indeed, Trainer Tim Desmond suspects that his charges have come to love the roar of the crowds too much. With the park closed, he says, "I think they have become afraid that their livelihood is disappearing...
...million they expect to realize from the office rentals. But The Market, which will be open seven days a week, is a showpiece of the Center. The first of its stores to open was Conran's, offshoot of a successful 34-shop home furnishings chain, called Habitat in Europe...