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...growing global market for probiotic bacteria (the name comes from the Greek words "for" and "life"). These so-called "good" bugs live in the human gut; the claimed benefits of boosting their numbers include better digestion and a stronger immune system, the easing of allergies, stronger nails and shinier hair...
...conducted himself with the confidence of a veteran. Only three days into his job as Conservative leader, he faced then Prime Minister Tony Blair, one of the greatest natural politicians of the age, in the House of Commons. "You were the future once," quipped Cameron, his skin smoother and shinier than Sock Man's. His opponent suddenly looked old and spent. Now Blair is long gone, and the brief bloom of popularity enjoyed by his successor, Gordon Brown, has withered. Trailing Labour this time last year, the Conservatives are looking unassailable...
...that has a base price of $403,000, or $63,000 more than the standard version. Garel Rhys, emeritus professor of automotive economics at Cardiff Business School, applauds the company's performance since its acquisition by BMW: "You couldn't expect much better." And the company's future looks shinier than a well-buffed fender. In July, it rolled out the Drophead Coupe, a two-door convertible Phantom with a starting price of $407,000. Overall, Robertson predicts, the company should enjoy double-digit sales growth this year...
...will never eat an apple with a waxy gloss that is shinier than my coffee table. I grow organic veggies in the summer and supplement those by buying organic vegetables from local farmers' markets. In northern Illinois, there's very little local fruit available that has not been sprayed with pesticides. So all winter I buy organic fruit; sometimes in the summer the pesticide-free apples on my neighbor's tree are the only local ones available. Lori Indovina-Valus, McHenry...
...creams, have a warm hue, as do the larger South Sea pearls, which come in gold, silver and white, and freshwater mussels, available in a range of pastels. Tahitian pearls, which were not successfully cultivated until the 1970s, have cooler hues, like black, gray and green. Some pearls are shinier than others. "Luster is a matter of taste," says Tom Moses, senior vice president of the laboratory and research departments at the Gemological Institute of America, an educational group. "At the moment, in the U.S., pearls with high lusters are the most desirable. But in the 1950s a softer luster...