My mum loved me but couldn't express it except through food, when I asked her to look after my three cats within six months they were obese and within two years all were dead!

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That seems unlikely in the current high-unemployment environment except for consumer essentials, like food and energy.

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"In every state except Mississippi, the combination of welfare and food stamp benefits is already high enough that someone in workfare working 20 hours a week as required by the welfare law would already be receiving the minimum wage or better, " he said.

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The Peninsula Chicago plays in the biggest leagues of luxury hotels, so it should not be surprising that the food, spa, service and guest rooms (except for limited electrical outlets) are all well up to snuff.

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Except for Murray, "only the chef who can drop off food at the door" was allowed upstairs, he testified.

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Iraq has already rejected an extension of the current oil-for-food program and the new British proposal that would loosen restrictions on trade with Iraq, except for a list of restricted items.

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Except for wild game, wild mushrooms, wild berries and fish and shellfish, virtually all the food in European and American diets has long been derived from genetically modified organisms yes, even the organic stuff at Whole Foods and the local farmers market.

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