In between the tightly packed rows of trees, women clad in bright saris stooped to pick the tea at a furious pace, ripping off handfuls of green with remarkable speed, leaving each branch completely bare before moving on to the next.

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Instead of running back to academia, Warren went on to challenge Scott, who had been the surprise winner of the 2010 election to replace the late Senator Ted Kennedy, riding into office on the strength of a telegenic pick-up truck, and the support of the suddenly powerful Tea Party.

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Each Sunday, the archbishop of Buenos Aires would come and pick up the paper himself at 05:30 before catching a bus to distribute tea to sick people in the suburb of Lugano, said Luis Del Regno.

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Your first stop should be the artisan tent, where you can pick up local whiskey, hand-carved shepherds' crooks, jars of honey and embroidered tea cosies - most of them sold by the producers themselves.

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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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Thus, even if Ryan were not one of the leaders of perhaps the single most influential new political movement in America in the past decade, the tea party-aligned deficit hawks of "the New Right, " he, as a vice presidential pick, would immediately vault to the forefront of U.S. politics.

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