The intent behind the salad is to celebrate the fall abundance of apples and pears by showcasing them in salad, complete with in-season root vegetables and finished off with Concord grapes.

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Thus it gradually cut itself off from the only root of the power by which it might gain that role.

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The Republicans, who can muster enough votes to block the governor's budget, refuse to consider tax increases unless they are accompanied by a root-and-branch overhaul of state finances and a mass sell-off of state assets.

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