Word: vines
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California's raisin grapes are withering on the vine. In the Central San Joaquin Valley, source of nearly all the raisins sold in the United States, 30% of the season's grapes are still waiting to be picked. The reason, growers say, is an unprecedented shortage of field laborers. A typical six-week harvest requires more than 50,000 workers; this season, raisin farmers are short by 40,000 and stand to lose as much as 60% of their annual $500 million production...
...hippest new wineglasses, like the O series from Riedel, leave the stems on the vine. Stemless glasses are sturdier, can be stacked in your cupboard, and fit in a dishwasher. Purists say the stem keeps the hand from warming the wine, but most palates don't notice. --By Lisa McLaughlin...
...veiled threat to take over the settlements unless his group got some cash. In the end, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will probably have to pay off all the feuding parties. But by then, the greenhouses--and a chance to grow the Palestinian economy--may have withered on the vine. --By Matt Rees and Jamil Hamad
...dispute between different branches of the military over who will guard the empty settlements. In the end, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will probably have to pay off all the feuding parties. But by then, the greenhouses - and a chance to grow the Palestinian economy - may have withered on the vine...
...area is still littered with a ghostly confetti of coral and shell. Since then, earthquakes have pushed the shore about 800 m away, and the burial ground is now on private land used in recent times for cattle grazing, surrounded by a green tide of dense bush, vine and coconut palms. Some time later a village, now vanished, sprang up on top of the graves, perhaps as memory of them faded. Animal bones have been found with the remains, and large pieces of Lapita pottery appear to have been broken and placed in the grave pits. Flat pieces of coral...