Word: strawed
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...been a part of human eating culture since ancient man realized the fruits of a hunt would stay edible for a while if they were stored in the back of a cold, dark cave. Ancient Greeks and Romans hauled ice and snow down from the mountains, wrapped it in straw or buried it in cellars where it slowed down food spoilage, although "leftovers" back then were more along the lines of fall harvest foods that could be stored and eaten when sustenance was scarce...
...area in spring 2007, the first sign we were entering a dead zone was the carcass of a camel. Camels can go three weeks without water in the Sahara, so the heap of fur, hair and bleached bones was an ominous sight. We entered a mud-walled, straw-roofed village. Instead of giving the usual smiles and waves, the children ducked away. A few minutes later, we crested a rise in the road and were confronted by nine janjaweed horsemen, rifles over their shoulders, white turbans around their heads. We'd gone before they could react, but we were...
...creatures are encased row after row, 400 to 500 pound mammals trapped without relief inside iron crates seven feet long and 22 inches wide. They chew maniacally on bars and chains, as foraging animals will do when denied straw, or engage in stereotypical nest-building with the straw that isn’t there, or else just lie there like broken beings. The spirit of the place would be familiar to police who raided [a puppy mill] only instead of 350 tortured animals, [there are] millions—and the law prohibits none...
...collapse of the Google deal on Nov. 5 had to be the last straw. Yang and the company he co-founded were without an ally, and his bum's rush was all but assured. But was Google ever a real ally? That is, was Yang suckered from...
...Baron, an industrial designer whose other products include ant-free dog bowls and shop shelving systems, says he always saw the straw as a system for delivering more than flavor. He started tinkering with the idea in 1996, after wondering why flavored milk cost so much more than the plain variety. He tried using a fat plastic straw from McDonald's and a filter made from one of his daughter's school stockings. That didn't work. He soon designed a new type of conical filter that wouldn't clog, and figured out how to create flavor beads by making...