The myth of food production "efficiency" in the "ar" debate
"Julie" > wrote in message ...
> On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:08:29 -0700 (PDT), Dragonblaze
> > wrote:
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> >On 14 Mar, 13:07, "pearl" > wrote:
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> >Just a quick aside he
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> >Why would a vegan use the nic 'pearl', as a pearl is an animal
> >product????
>
> Good question but in this case you are undoubtedly wrong.
>
> I could be wrong and I don't speak for the lady herself, but the way
> she makes the likes of Jim dance I'd say it was 4. something precious
> or choice; the finest example of anything: pearls of wisdom.
Awwww.... thank you!
>
> pearl1 /p?rl/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled
> Pronunciation[purl] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
> -noun 1. a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain
> mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix,
> deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an
> irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely
> colored. Compare cultured pearl.
> 2. something resembling this, as various synthetic substances for use
> in costume jewelry.
> 3. something similar in form, luster, etc., as a dewdrop or a capsule
> of medicine.
> 4. something precious or choice; the finest example of anything:
> pearls of wisdom.
> 5. a very pale gray approaching white but commonly with a bluish
> tinge.
> 6. mother-of-pearl: a pearl-handled revolver.
> 7. Printing. a 5-point type.
> 8. Also called epithelial pearl. Pathology. a rounded mass of keratin
> occurring in certain carcinomas of the skin.
> -verb (used with object) 9. to adorn or stud with or as with pearls.
> 10. to make like pearls, as in form or color.
> -verb (used without object) 11. to dive, fish, or search for pearls.
> 12. to assume a pearllike form or appearance.
> -adjective 13. resembling a pearl in form or color.
> 14. of or pertaining to pearls: pearl diving.
> 15. set with a pearl or pearls or covered or inlaid with pearls or
> mother-of-pearl: a pearl necklace.
> 16. having or reduced to small, rounded grains.
> -Idiom17. cast pearls before swine, to offer or give something of
> great value to those incapable of appreciating it: She read them
> Shakespeare but it was casting pearls before swine.
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> [Origin: 1300-50; ME perle < MF < It or assumed VL *perla (> G Perle,
> OE pærl), for L *pernula (> Pg perola, perh. OS përula), dim. of L
> perna sea mussel]
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