The past three months haven't been easy for small-business owners like Violet Sanabria, whose flower shop in Hoboken, N.

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Into the sweet potato she spliced a gene from the pyrethrum, a white flower whose ingredients are fatal to insects and the feathery mottle virus.

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Into the sweet potato she has spliced in a gene from the pyrethrum, a white flower whose ingredients are fatal to insects and the feathery mottle virus.

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Highlights include some wonderfully whimsical pieces, like a brooch in the shape of a flower whose gold petals are engraved with the words "yes" and "no" on either side.

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Dean Edward Rule, an American whose Conectiflor consultancy introduces new flower breeds to Ecuadoran growers, wants the U.S. Congress to see strains of moderation amid the revolutionary rhetoric.

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And without sufficient energy stores, coffee trees are unable to flower and produce the fruits whose seeds become coffee beans.

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On this afternoon in early December he is recalling his past and projecting out a bit--five years hence--for the business empire whose saga has seen him go from plastic-flower manufacturer to the richest resident of Asia.

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