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...first, the grains of rice that Ingo Potrykus sifted through his fingers did not seem at all special. But once their dark, crinkly husks were stripped away and the interiors polished to a glossy sheen, Potrykus could behold the seeds' golden secret. At their core, these grains were not the pearly white of ordinary rice but a very pale yellow?courtesy of beta-carotene, the nutrient that serves as a building block for vitamin...
...first photos I printed on the Epson were so rich and clear that I was sure it would be the undisputed winner. On e-mail and other text, the type was clear and dark with a glossy sheen. I soon realized, however, that the prints looked good only on the special paper Epson included in my reviewer's kit. When I printed color or black text on ordinary office paper, the letters were speckled and fuzzy, as if too much ink had soaked into the paper...
...Berkeley, Calif., and grower-champagne sections have been appearing on top restaurant wine lists around the country. Paul Grieco, beverage director of New York City's Gramercy Tavern, says, "The public's thirst for uniquely great products allows the smaller estates to flourish. They add luster to the polished sheen the Champagne region already wears...
Vicente Fox Posada's biggest enemy might, perhaps, be his people's high expectations of a new political order in Mexico. But the mammoth odds against his efforts to reform his country's torpid economic and political system give him a Quixotic sheen, which has everyone from the poorest peasants in Oaxaca to the most worldly wise diplomats in Mexico City ready to extend him a generous line of political credit...
...bonus of $20,000 to new teachers, including recent college grads, as well as intensive summer training and accelerated accreditation. Other programs, like the popular Teach for America, a national teachers' corps, make it easier for graduates to enter school systems while also giving the teaching profession an intangible sheen of prestige...