The morning of my cormorant trip, the weather was gray and gloomy, the air raw and slightly nippy, but this did little to dampen my enthusiasm.

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The absence of tight oversight has allowed makers of herbal products to flourish, particularly in Utah, where the dry desert air helps keep raw materials and pills and capsules fresh, and where land and skilled labor have been relatively inexpensive.

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All we need now is for ESPN, ABC and TNT to take the hint, shut up blabbering on-air personalities and give us just basketball, raw and uncut.

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But some are also thought to harbour water ice, which could be used as a raw material for the manufacture of rocket propellant or even breathable air.

BBC: New venture 'to mine asteroids'

Its soil contains raw materials that might be harvested and processed into rocket fuel or breathable air.

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