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...Luis Potosi, where some of La Huasteca's best attractions lie. Others knock several hours off the journey time by catching a flight to the state capital (also called San Luis Potosi, or simply San Luis) and then driving over the Sierra Madre mountains. But most holidaymakers still prefer to congregate on Mexico's famous beaches, margaritas in hand...
...think Hyundai has gotten a lot of mileage out of the warranty. I consistently prefer the Kia models, but the Hyundai warranty is hard to resist," says Rebecca Lindland of IHS Global Insight. Another telltale sign of the growing popularity of the South Korean brands: Internet screen views of Kia products have increased 283% year over year, the largest of any mainstream brand, according to a study by AutoTrader.com. Views of Hyundai vehicles also increased substantially. (See pictures of the best-selling cars in China...
...West would prefer that Iran did not have the civilian nuclear infrastructure that would give it the option of building weapons, but the more likely outcome of a diplomatic process is one that strengthens safeguards against weaponization rather than reversing Tehran's existing enrichment capacity. And the question of whether that's acceptable to the West will ultimately be answered by a cost-benefit analysis of the available alternatives...
Ever wonder why some youngsters approach food as an adventure and others insist on mono-meals of mac 'n' cheese? Turns out kiddie palates don't happen by accident. Studies show that children prefer the flavors they experience early on, including while they're in the womb. A pediatrician is drawing on that research to help get more pregnant and nursing women to eat healthy, varied diets - because doing so will make their babies predisposed to eat what's good for them...
...highly sensitive taste buds that, through "practice meals" of amniotic fluid, get to experience whatever Mom is eating. Fetuses remember flavors from this time in the womb and seek them out after birth. This process explains why adopted infants, when swept off to a new culture, years later innately prefer their native cuisine - even though they may never have actually eaten it in the conventional sense, he says...