She said she was too old to walk around her garden with him, but he should pick a leaf of any plant that interested him and they could discuss it over a cup of tea.
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The cost drops 30% on a Mediterranean hand-painted dinner plate if you get a painter to use a sponge cut in the shape of a leaf instead of laboring over brush strokes.
Toyota executives wear green lapel pins on their suits and have plastered Toyota factories with images of a green leaf in the shape of a car.
In theory, it would be marvellous if errant Italian politicians or public figures were able to make a clean breast of past sins and promise to turn over a collective new leaf as part of a general clean-up.
Other more prominent names could take a leaf out of the book of a player who remains unsung and under-rated.
Mr Hague has also taken a leaf out of Mr Blair's book by exaggerating the internal opposition to his proposals.
Brooker has also taken a leaf out of Danny Boyle's book and, like the infected in 28 Days Later, his zombies can run - fast.
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Miroslav Stoch took a leaf out of Robben's book by cutting inside onto his right foot and shooting but Netherlands keeper Maarten Stekelenburg tipped over.
Will quangos ever be a good thing or should we take a leaf out of Alan Sugar's book and tell some of them "You're Fired"?
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It was bad enough that the Fed held rates far too low, but at least a fig leaf of uncertainty kept the most brazen speculators in partial paralysis.
But Bracewell, who is scheduled to bring the Kiwis on tour here next year, believes England should take a leaf out of the national rugby union team's book.
Retired from politics, Arnold Schwarzenegger is taking a leaf out of his "Expendables" buddy Sylvester Stallone's book and setting out to prove that he can still kick butt at 65.
But to make this seem genuine he needs also to take a leaf out of Mr Blair's book and actually take on those elements in his party that most revolt the electorate.
Taking a leaf out of Sweden's book, he wants groups of parents or teachers (or in principle religious leaders) to set up their own schools, which will enjoy from the outset the same freedom as academies.
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Mr Farley decided to take a leaf out of the Fiesta book for the global launch of the Focus, which is planned as the centrepiece of Ford's transformation into a producer of smaller and more environmentally friendly cars.
The impression he leaves, however, is that he will pull us out as soon as he finds a shred of a fig leaf.
For her experiment she studied the inheritance of three traits: a maroon coloured leaf marking, a white V-shaped leaf mark pattern, and the production of hydrogen cyanide in damaged leaves, which is thought to be a defence against predators.
The researchers, from the University of Oregon and the Oregon State University, supports previous research showing the survival of a leaf-cutter colony depends on the efficiency of its workers.
BBC: Earth News - Leaf-cutter ants retire when their teeth wear out
On a full 8-hour charge, the Leaf has a range of about 100 miles.
The committee allowed the boycotters a fig-leaf of sorts: the pressure of sanctions might have helped keep the Austrian coalition in line.
Grass-cutting ants occur in the Chaco region of north Argentina and Paraguay and belong to a subgroup of leaf-cutting ants that specialise in harvesting grass leaves.
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Paan, a mixture of tobacco, nuts and spices, is wrapped in a leaf and mainly chewed by members of the Asian community.
Bank of Canada officials say the image is a "stylised" leaf, created with the help of a botanist.
As we approach the close of 2012, I wanted to provide an update on a subject that has interested a number of Nissan LEAF drivers in the U.S. desert southwest and select other markets.
ENGADGET: Nissan upgrades US Leaf warranties, will 'restore' batteries that lose too much charge
One of the guides chops down a huge leaf from a pandanus tree with a machete and demonstrates some of its uses.
With only 2, 400 parts, one-tenth the number that go into the average car, makes it less than a quarter of the weight of a 2011 Nissan Leaf.
But these studies have, for years, given politicians enough of a fig leaf to sneak what are effectively outright corporate subsidies through the courts without running afoul of the gift clause.
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He grabs a magnifying glass and points to a diagonal edge of leaf tucked inside the rounded mouth end of the cigar.
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