The devaluation also did little to stop growing shortages of basics like flour and meat, which are scarce due to a lack of dollars.

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Dry water resembles a very fine powder (like icing sugar or flour) that has a slightly more liquid-like appearance when it flows, and if you squeeze some of it in your hand hard enough the powder combines to give you a few drops.

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Dangote started building his fortune over three decades ago by trading in commodities like cement, flour and sugar but became a billionaire by manufacturing these items.

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Dangote began building his fortune more than three decades ago when he started trading in commodities like cement, flour and sugar with a loan he received from his maternal uncle.

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And, at this point, the tiny, dry insulin particles had such a large surface area relative to their mass that, like popcorn or flour, they poured unevenly, leaving air pockets and inconsistent doses.

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Flour plans to employ people like Lakim Gild, the former cook, for three to nine months.

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Ms. Warner recounts what life was like in poor areas before the introduction of vitamins into food substances, the fortification of white flour and milk, and the widespread availability of items like orange juice: Many people suffered from rickets (because of insufficient vitamin D and calcium), scurvy (vitamin C), pellagra (vitamin B3) and beriberi (vitamin B1).

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It's a bit like a wheat farmer turning his wheat into flour and selling it on to a bakery to make bread.

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