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The myth of food production "efficiency" in the "ar" debate
On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:16:41 -0000, "pearl" >
wrote:
>"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????
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>> Good question but in this case you are undoubtedly wrong.
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>> 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.
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>Awwww.... thank you!
One speaks as one finds  )
>
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>> 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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