Word: vacuums
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Lempert says that given avian flu and mad cow concerns, many consumers are looking for new forms of protein this summer. Tofu, which has long been popular in Asia, is becoming more common in American supermarkets. Sold in the produce section, often in vacuum packs or rectangular tubs, tofu is healthy, easy to prepare and relatively inexpensive. Nasoya has introduced a line of nine organic tofu varieties, ranging in texture from soft to extra firm. The versatile soy product makes a great base for meatless stir-fries, and can also be used in anything from salads to smoothies...
...nothing new to the Middle East, but this time is dangerously different. Previously, cool heads on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian divide could look to mediators from the U.S. and Europe to help them choreograph their way out of such a crisis. The Western powers left a diplomatic vacuum when the gave up their traditional mediation role following the election of the Hamas government in January. And the usual mechanism for restraining violence between rival Palestinian groups on the ground - a consensus at the top over the need to maintain national unity - has been replaced by a virtual collision...
...grouped in villages like Dosbarrios. The scandal's widespread reach suggests that, for all the country's recent economic growth, many Spaniards remain financially naive. "There was a lack of knowledge here," says Mayor Martínez. "Very few people understood the reality of the market." In that vacuum, the promise of higher yields - starting at 6%, as compared to the banks' 2% - easily outweighed caution. "It spread from mouth to mouth," explains Martínez. "One person would tell a friend or relative about the money he was earning, and that person would convince the next." Indeed, there...
...head sustained three cracks; Geneste says the cracks aren't new. Some believe that a ridge around part of the Great Hall bears the marks of the restorers' ladders, and that the lower parts of the walls have been changed through the use of a powerful water-based vacuum cleaner called a Gregomatic...
...look at the polling in the last few years, it points in the same direction," says Will Marshall, head of the centrist Progressive Policy Institute in Washington. "Even though the public is losing confidence in Republicans, they?re not sure what the Democrats have to offer. Filling that vacuum is critically important...