Word: morocco
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Likewise, humans have lent the cork crop a big helping hand. The cork oak tree, whose thick, regenerating bark is shaved off to make cork, covers about 10,400 sq. mi. (2.7 million hectares) in its native Mediterranean habitats of Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Italy, Tunisia and France. Yielding cork oaks aren't ever cut down; once a decade or so, their thick bark is harvested in huge strips from the trunk of the tree. Today, the survival of cultivated cork forests, many of which are on private land, depends on their worth. If nobody is buying cork, landowners will...
...Take that, James Bond!) "You get the dark past and this powerful search for redemption." And, fear not, plenty of hairy-chested action sequences too, including a car chase in midtown Manhattan, a shootout in London's Waterloo train station, and a sweaty foot chase and fistfight in Tangier, Morocco...
...bright side, the Saudis told Rice that they might be willing to attend a U.S.-sponsored summit this fall between Israel and so-called "moderate" Arab leaders. Jordan, Egypt, Bahrain and Morocco may also be invited. Saudi participation in talks with the State of Israel, which Riyadh has yet to recognize, would certainly mark a diplomatic breakthrough. But the Saudis made clear that they will show up only if the summit is aimed at discussing the "core issues" that stand in the way of a settlement. Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal described these issues as the creation...
...Judaism, insisted that by studying Jewish history, culture and ethics, one could be moral and Jewish without believing in God. Wine's movement, lambasted as a fad by some Jewish leaders, is still strong, with 40,000 followers. He was killed in a taxi crash while on vacation in Morocco...
...Your "We Are What We Eat" issue was great, but there is something missing in the article "The Food Chains That Link Us All." You did not include a family from an Arab country. What about Lebanese food? What about Morocco's finest gastronomy? If food is a part of culture, does this mean that there is no culture in the Arab countries? I often read TIME and feel as if we Arabs exist only in stories about violence, war and bombings. When it comes to art, food, sport, culture and all the other things that happen every...