May 03, 2009 -
Oh yes, and the parcel fm my parents had not arrived either… No idea whether it had been the war or whether someone else had found it nice and kept it. Could be… Next time I would tell my parents – write OLD clothes and pls never ever write more than 50 Swiss Franks on it… However c’est la vie…
I did not count on it anymore – too many days had passed; i.e. more than a month.
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Nov 29, 2007 -
Moravian Spice Cookie Waffers
From Food Network Kitchens
This cookie comes to us from North Carolina by way of Central Europe; it's a classic, peppery spice cookie brought to the U.S. by Moravians in the 1700s. The key to this cookie is rolling it super-thin to get that characteristic snap; it's a lot easier to roll it that thin between waxed paper.
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Apr 07, 2008 -
I wonder if this will help McCain and change the peoples minds who say that McCain is just another Bush?
Vocal on War, McCain Is Silent on Son’s Service
Ruth Fremson/The New York Times
Jimmy, Jack, Meghan and Bridget McCain on Super Tuesday
By JODI KANTOR
Published: April 6, 2008
One evening last July, Senator John McCain of Arizona arrived at the New Hampshire home of Erin Flanagan for sandwiches, chocolate-chip cookies and heartfelt talk about Iraq. They had met at a presidential debate, when she asked the candidates what they would do to bring home American soldiers — soldiers like her brother, who had been killed in action a few months earlier.
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Aug 22, 2007 -
"Before you've finished your breakfast this morning, you'll have relied on half the world"
- Martin Luther King
An interesting thought. And a depressing one, when you realise that those people you've relied on for your coffee and muesli are almost certainly being exploited and oppressed by the unfair power balance in world trade.
- from maketradefair.com
Fair Trade is a trading partnership, based on dialogue, transparency and respect, that seeks greater equity in international trade.
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Dec 11, 2007 -
By Linda Stern
WASHINGTON (Reuters Life!) - It's remarkably easy to let your budget and your blood pressure go woefully out of control during the holidays. Just peruse this list: cards, gifts, goodies, stamps, travel, parties, tips, champagne, cookies, neighbors, the mailman, wrapping paper, Secret Santas, shipping... need I go on?
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Dec 26, 2007 -
BOSTON - When the clock runs out on 2007, Boston will quietly mark the end of one of the most tumultuous eras in the city's history: The Big Dig, the nation's most complex and costliest highway project, will officially come to an end.
Don't expect any champagne toasts.
After a history marked by engineering triumphs, tunnels leaks, epic traffic jams, last year's death of a motorist crushed by falling concrete panels and a price tag that soared from $2.6 billion to a staggering $14.8 billion, there's little appetite for celebration.
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