Most farmers will have to sow alien beans for a season at least, and they may get lower prices for the result.

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The FBI said Dutschke, a former martial arts instructor and unsuccessful candidate for various political offices, bought his castor beans on eBay and may have used a coffee grinder to turn them into a powder from recipes he downloaded on his computer.

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Simmered all day in a cast-iron pot with a big slug of fatback, brown beans have warmed the bodies and souls of many hardworking men and women of the Appalachian coalfields.

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Fears that Mr Speight might spill the beans about other backers of the coup may also have played a role.

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On January 1, 2008, fourteen years after the start of the Zapatista uprising and the signing of NAFTA, the remaining tariffs on products including corn, beans, and milk were taken down, a move that may have benefited Mexican consumers looking for inexpensive groceries, but harmed small-plot farmers in places such as Chiapas.

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Many countries have now followed America in encouraging guilty parties to spill the beans: the first member of a cartel to come forward now wins leniency, a concession taken advantage of in both the vitamin and auctioneering cases.

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Magnesium is found in nuts, beans, whole grains and green leafy vegetables magnesium levels are generally good in people who have a balanced diet.

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Not jelly beans, per se. (I usually have them on my bed stand, believing them to be a digestive.) The issue is whether gourmet jelly beans, such as the Jelly Belly brand, are preferable to standard jelly beans.

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