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...gets up to leave. He tells me that the next time I have interviewees over for dinner, I should trick them by passing his house off as mine, maybe with some hired servants, smoking a pipe, pretending journalism is something I do as a lark, separate from my silver-mining interests...
Regardless of how the Crimson fares this weekend, the team is certainly one to watch in the future. One of the silver linings of having a team with no seniors is that no players will be graduating, and if Bajwa’s staff can bring in one or two key recruits, this team can only be better next year...
...because they don't require clearing additional land. "There's no carbon debt," notes Fargione. Unfortunately, the technology for yielding fuel from those sources - like cellulosic biofuels - is still in its infancy, though it is improving fast. In the end, the right kind of biofuel won't be a silver bullet, but just one more tool in the growing arsenal against climate change...
This was, the fans declared, a victory for the People's Dog, the dog next door, albeit one bred for glory, since Uno is the great-granddoggy of a famous champion of the 1990s. With victory come the spoils, steak on a silver platter at Sardi's, a chance to ring the opening bell on Wall Street. Anticipating a rush to beagle breeders, veterans had one piece of advice for would-be parents: Be sure to get a fence first...
...when the humble tuber followed the silver to Europe is unclear, but by the early 17th century the stage was set there for a vast expansionary phase in the potato's history. Despite being regularly denounced from pulpits because it was not mentioned in the Bible, this imported esculent (foodstuff) soon became a peasant favorite. Not only did it yield four times more calories per acre than grain, making it an essential insurance policy against famine; it also, as an underground crop, was less likely than stored grain to be looted by armies living off the land in those...