Word: plant
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...sleepy eastern town of Guiria, the local governor, a Chavez ally, was quick to blame the violence on "a group of people who want to destabilize the country." But when asked, fishermen said the conflict was far from political. They just wanted to be able to use their ice plant again, they said, since the port authority had shut it down. And while the opposition did paralyze the oil industry during strikes in 2002 and 2003, the national oil company has continued to blame accidents at its installations on "sabotage" rather than concede that they could be company blunders...
...Wilmer Valderrama (“That 70’s Show”), Catalina Sandino Moreno (“Maria Full of Grace”), and Ana Claudia Talancon (“Alone With Her”) successfully play out the drama of illegal immigrant workers at the meatpacking plant. Their acting can be deemed “successful” probably because they spoke in Spanish with English subtitles; their speeches about drug use and American materialism felt less forced than correlating political rants by their English-speaking cast mates. Ashley Johnson (“Nearing Grace?...
...sepia-toned picture of Indians on horseback. A spiky desert plant. A name like Hampton Sides? Together that spells “American Epic,” or so the cover of this book seems to imply. It’s manifestly your destiny to buy this book...
...first Nun Run, a weekend field trip to a local convent. At that point, her parents realized Johnson's discernment was not just a passing phase. Her father, Len, took it the hardest. "I was initially very upset by Katharine's discernment," says Len, a manager at a power plant in Joliet, Ill. "I always had visions of her being a wife and a mother, but especially a mother because of how good she is with children...
...Despite the uncertainties, optimism over Vietnam's economic prospects runs deep. Last week, Intel announced it would increase its investment in a planned computer-chip-assembly and testing plant to $1 billion, tripling the company's original commitment. Upon completion, the 500,000-square-foot facility in Ho Chi Minh City will be the largest of its kind in the world. "I think Vietnam is doing all the right things," says Rick Howarth, Intel's country production manager. Says Scriven of Dragon Capital: "This is one of the most pro-change places I've been in. But there is time...