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Vacuum sealing machines to pack coffee under the Norton patents are now made by the P erfect V acuum C anning C ompany of New York. — from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
[5903] Qui cauti, p rudentes, v oti c ompotes , &c ., let no man then be terrified or molested with such astrological aphorisms, or be much moved, either to vain hope or fear, from such predictions, but let every man follow his own free will in this case, and do as he sees cause. — from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
E un che 'ntese la parola tosca, di retro a noi grido`: <piedi, v oi c he c orrete si` per l'aura fosca! — from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri
p . v ii C ONTENTS C HAPTER I Our Society 1 CHAPTER II The Captain 16 CHAPTER III A Love Affair of Long Ago 36 CHAPTER IV A Visit to an Old Bachelor 49 CHAPTER V Old Letters 65 CHAPTER VI Poor Peter 80 CHAPTER VII Visiting 96 p. — from Cranford by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
In the autumn of 1859, having made arrangements for my family to remain in Lancaster, I p roceeded, v ia C olumbus, C incinnati, and Louisville, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where I reported for duty to Governor Wickliffe, who, by virtue of his office, was the president of the Board of Supervisors of the new institution over which I was called to preside. — from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman
On p ourrait v oir c ela c omme un bon souvenir, mais je hais ce genre de politique politicienne… Le président de l'université se trouvait être l'oncle de Tom Cruise, amusant, non? — from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert
No one had thought of denying Mr. Casson's testimony to the fact that he had seen the stranger; nevertheless, he p roffered v arious c orroborating c ircumstances. — from Adam Bede by George Eliot
Having received the king’s p ermission, V eluthēdan C hiraman c oncealed himself near the carpenter’s house, and, when the girl opened the door to sweep the yard at dawn, he seized her, and carried her off to his house. — from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston
To which they reduce the rest; as to leprosy, ulcers, itches, furfurs, scabs, &c. To gout, stone, colic, toothache, headache, &c. To dropsy, agues, jaundice, cachexia, &c. To the falling-sickness, belong p alsy, v ertigo, c ramps, c onvulsions, incubus, apoplexy, &c. — from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
, 585 Perez & Sons, Juan Pablo, 340 Perfect cup of c., 721–723 P erfect V acuum C anning C o., 471 Perfumed c., 59 , 695 Pergamino, Café en (grade), 261 Perieri, C. , 146 Persecution ( see Opposition ) Persian letters , Montesquieu, q. , 109 Perus (c.), 350 , 367 Pests ( see Diseases ) — from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
Agriculture - products: sweet p otatoes, v egetables, c orn, c offee, sugarcane, tobacco, cotton, tea, peanuts, rice; water buffalo, pigs, cattle, poultry Industries: copper, tin, and gypsum mining; timber, electric power, agricultural processing, construction, garments, tourism, cement Industrial production growth rate: 13% (2005 est.) — from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
See his prancing reindeer brave, Hear him tell them to behave— Dasher, Dancer, P rancer, V ixen, C omet, C upid, Donder, Blitzen.— — from Christmas Entertainments by Alice Maude Kellogg
The earliest written records of the Sumerians which we possess, apart from those engraved upon stone and of a p urely v otive c haracter, c oncern the sale and donation of land, and they prove that certain customs were already in vogue with regard to the transfer of property, which we meet with again in later historical periods. — from A History of Sumer and Akkad
An account of the early races of Babylonia from prehistoric times to the foundation of the Babylonian monarchy by L. W. (Leonard William) King
In the province of Assam lies a fertile and p icturesque v alley c alled C achar. — from Bengal Dacoits and Tigers by Maharani of Cooch Behar Sunity Devee
Industries: petroleum extraction, cement, lumber, brewing, sugar, palm oil, soap, flour, cigarettes Industrial production growth rate: NA% Electricity - production: 302 million kWh (1999) Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 0.66% hydro: 99.34% other: 0% (1999) nuclear: 0% Electricity - consumption: 406.9 million kWh (1999) Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (1999) Electricity - imports: 126 million kWh (1999) Agriculture - products: cassava (tapioca), sugar, rice, corn, p eanuts, v egetables, c offee, c ocoa; forest products Exports: $2.6 billion (f.o.b., 2001) Exports - commodities: petroleum 90%, lumber, plywood, sugar, cocoa, coffee, diamonds Exports - partners: US 20.9%, South Korea 15.5%, China 6.7%, Germany 3.2% (2000) Imports: $725 million (f.o.b., 2001) Imports - commodities: petroleum products, capital equipment, construction materials, foodstuffs Imports - partners: France 20.5%, US 9.8%, Italy 7.5%, Belgium 3.8% (2000) Debt - external: $5 billion (1999 est.) — from The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Albania wheat, corn, potatoes, vegetables, fruits, sugar beets, grapes; meat, dairy products Algeria wheat, barley, oats, grapes, olives, citrus, fruits; sheep, cattle American Samoa bananas, coconuts, vegetables, taro, breadfruit, yams, copra, pineapples, papayas; dairy products, livestock Andorra small quantities of rye, wheat, barley, oats, vegetables; sheep Angola bananas, sugarcane, coffee, sisal, corn, cotton, manioc (tapioca), tobacco, vegetables, plantains; livestock; forest products; fish Anguilla small quantities of tobacco, vegetables; cattle raising Antigua and Barbuda cotton, fruits, vegetables, bananas, coconuts, cucumbers, mangoes, sugarcane; livestock Argentina sunflower seeds, lemons, soybeans, grapes, corn, tobacco, peanuts, tea, wheat; livestock Armenia fruit (especially grapes), vegetables; livestock Aruba aloes; livestock; fish Australia wheat, barley, sugarcane, fruits, cattle, sheep, poultry Austria grains, potatoes, sugar beets, wine, fruit; dairy products, cattle, pigs, poultry; lumber Azerbaijan cotton, grain, rice, grapes, fruit, vegetables, tea, tobacco; cattle, pigs, sheep, goats Bahamas, The citrus, vegetables; poultry Bahrain fruit, vegetables; poultry, dairy products; shrimp, fish Bangladesh rice, jute, tea, wheat, sugarcane, potatoes, tobacco, pulses, oilseeds, spices, fruit; beef, milk, poultry Barbados sugarcane, vegetables, cotton Belarus grain, potatoes, vegetables, sugar beets, flax; beef, milk Belgium sugar beets, fresh vegetables, fruits, grain, tobacco; beef, veal, pork, milk Belize bananas, coca, citrus, sugar; fish, cultured shrimp; lumber; garments Benin cotton, corn, cassava (tapioca), yams, beans, palm oil, peanuts; livestock Bermuda bananas, vegetables, citrus, flowers; dairy products, honey Bhutan rice, corn, root crops, citrus, foodgrains; dairy products, eggs Bolivia soybeans, coffee, coca, cotton, corn, sugarcane, rice, potatoes; timber Bosnia and Herzegovina wheat, corn, fruits, vegetables; livestock Botswana livestock, sorghum, maize, millet, beans, sunflowers, groundnuts Brazil coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa, citrus; beef British Virgin Islands fruits, vegetables; livestock, poultry; fish Brunei rice, vegetables, fruits; chickens, water buffalo, eggs Bulgaria vegetables, fruits, tobacco, wine, wheat, barley, sunflowers, sugar beets; livestock Burkina Faso cotton, peanuts, shea nuts, sesame, sorghum, millet, corn, rice; livestock Burma rice, pulses, beans, sesame, groundnuts, sugarcane; hardwood; fish and fish products Burundi coffee, cotton, tea, corn, sorghum, sweet potatoes, bananas, manioc (tapioca); beef, milk, hides Cambodia rice, rubber, corn, vegetables, cashews, tapioca Cameroon coffee, cocoa, cotton, rubber, bananas, oilseed, grains, root starches; livestock; timber Canada wheat, barley, oilseed, tobacco, fruits, vegetables; dairy products; forest products; fish Cape Verde bananas, corn, beans, sweet potatoes, sugarcane, coffee, peanuts; fish Cayman Islands vegetables, fruit; livestock; turtle farming Central African Republic cotton, coffee, tobacco, manioc (tapioca), yams, millet, corn, bananas; timber Chad cotton, sorghum, millet, peanuts, rice, potatoes, manioc (tapioca); cattle, sheep, goats, camels Chile grapes, apples, pears, onions, wheat, corn, oats, peaches, garlic, asparagus, beans; beef, poultry, wool; fish; timber China rice, wheat, potatoes, corn, peanuts, tea, millet, barley, apples, cotton, oilseed; pork; fish Christmas Island NA Cocos (Keeling) Islands vegetables, bananas, pawpaws, coconuts Colombia coffee, cut flowers, bananas, rice, tobacco, corn, sugarcane, cocoa beans, oilseed, vegetables; forest products; shrimp Comoros vanilla, cloves, perfume essences, copra, coconuts, bananas, cassava (tapioca) Congo, Democratic Republic of the coffee, sugar, palm oil, rubber, tea, quinine, cassava (tapioca), palm oil, bananas, root crops, corn, fruits; wood products Congo, Republic of the cassava (tapioca), sugar, rice, corn, p eanuts, v egetables, c offee, c ocoa; forest products Cook Islands copra, citrus, pineapples, tomatoes, beans, pawpaws, bananas, yams, taro, coffee; pigs, poultry Costa Rica coffee, pineapples, bananas, sugar, corn, rice, beans, potatoes; beef; timber Cote d'Ivoire coffee, cocoa beans, bananas, palm kernels, corn, rice, manioc (tapioca), sweet potatoes, sugar, cotton, rubber; timber Croatia wheat, corn, sugar beets, sunflower seed, barley, alfalfa, clover, olives, citrus, grapes, soybeans, potatoes; livestock, dairy products Cuba sugar, tobacco, citrus, coffee, rice, potatoes, beans; livestock Cyprus citrus, vegetables, barley, grapes, olives, vegetables; poultry, pork, lamb; dairy, cheese Czech Republic wheat, potatoes, sugar beets, hops, fruit; pigs, poultry Denmark barley, wheat, potatoes, sugar beets; pork, dairy products; fish Djibouti fruits, vegetables; goats, sheep, camels, animal hides Dominica bananas, citrus, mangoes, root crops, coconuts, cocoa; forest and fishery potential not exploited Dominican Republic sugarcane, coffee, cotton, cocoa, tobacco, rice, beans, potatoes, corn, bananas; cattle, pigs, dairy products, beef, eggs East Timor coffee, rice, corn, cassava, sweet potatoes, soybeans, cabbage, mangoes, bananas, vanilla Ecuador bananas, coffee, cocoa, rice, potatoes, manioc (tapioca), plantains, sugarcane; cattle, sheep, pigs, beef, pork, dairy products; balsa wood; fish, shrimp Egypt cotton, rice, corn, wheat, beans, fruits, vegetables; cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats El Salvador coffee, sugar, corn, rice, beans, oilseed, cotton, sorghum; beef, dairy products; shrimp Equatorial Guinea coffee, cocoa, rice, yams, cassava (tapioca), bananas, palm oil nuts; livestock; timber Eritrea sorghum, lentils, vegetables, corn, cotton, tobacco, coffee, sisal; livestock, goats; fish Estonia potatoes, vegetables; livestock and dairy products; fish Ethiopia cereals, pulses, coffee, oilseed, cotton, sugarcane, potatoes, qat, cut flowers; hides, cattle, sheep, goats; fish European Union wheat, barley, oilseeds, sugar beets, wine, grapes; dairy products, cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry; fish Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) fodder and vegetable crops; sheep, dairy products Faroe Islands milk, potatoes, vegetables; sheep; salmon, other fish Fiji sugarcane, coconuts, cassava (tapioca), rice, sweet potatoes, bananas; cattle, pigs, horses, goats; fish Finland barley, wheat, sugar beets, potatoes; dairy cattle; fish France wheat, cereals, sugar beets, potatoes, wine grapes; beef, dairy products; fish French Polynesia fish; coconuts, vanilla, vegetables, fruits, coffee; poultry, beef, dairy products Gabon cocoa, coffee, sugar, palm oil, rubber; cattle; okoume (a tropical softwood); fish Gambia, The rice, millet, sorghum, peanuts, corn, sesame, cassava (tapioca), palm kernels; cattle, sheep, goats Gaza Strip olives, citrus, vegetables; beef, dairy products Georgia citrus, grapes, tea, hazelnuts, vegetables; livestock Germany potatoes, wheat, barley, sugar beets, fruit, cabbages; cattle, pigs, poultry Ghana cocoa, rice, coffee, cassava (tapioca), peanuts, corn, shea nuts, bananas; timber Gibraltar none Greece wheat, corn, barley, sugar beets, olives, tomatoes, wine, tobacco, potatoes; beef, dairy products Greenland forage crops, garden and greenhouse vegetables; sheep, reindeer; fish Grenada bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, mace, citrus, avocados, root crops, sugarcane, corn, vegetables Guam fruits, copra, vegetables; eggs, pork, poultry, beef Guatemala sugarcane, corn, bananas, coffee, beans, cardamom; cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens Guernsey tomatoes, greenhouse flowers, sweet peppers, eggplant, fruit; Guernsey cattle Guinea rice, coffee, pineapples, palm kernels, cassava (tapioca), bananas, sweet potatoes; cattle, sheep, goats; timber Guinea-Bissau rice, corn, beans, cassava (tapioca), cashew nuts, peanuts, palm kernels, cotton; timber; fish Guyana sugarcane, rice, wheat, vegetable oils; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; fish, shrimp Haiti coffee, mangoes, sugarcane, rice, corn, sorghum; wood Honduras bananas, coffee, citrus; beef; timber; shrimp Hong Kong fresh vegetables; poultry, pork; fish Hungary wheat, corn, sunflower seed, potatoes, sugar beets; pigs, cattle, poultry, dairy products Iceland potatoes, green vegetables; mutton, dairy products; fish India rice, wheat, oilseed, cotton, jute, tea, sugarcane, potatoes; cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats, poultry; fish Indonesia rice, cassava (tapioca), peanuts, rubber, cocoa, coffee, palm oil, copra; poultry, beef, pork, eggs Iran wheat, rice, other grains, sugar beets, fruits, nuts, cotton; dairy products, wool; caviar Iraq wheat, barley, rice, vegetables, dates, cotton; cattle, sheep, poultry Ireland turnips, barley, potatoes, sugar beets, wheat; beef, dairy products Isle of Man cereals, vegetables; cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry Israel citrus, vegetables, cotton; beef, poultry, dairy products Italy fruits, vegetables, grapes, potatoes, sugar beets, soybeans, grain, olives; beef, dairy products; fish Jamaica sugarcane, bananas, coffee, citrus, yams, ackees, vegetables; poultry, goats, milk; crustaceans, mollusks Japan rice, sugar beets, vegetables, fruit; pork, poultry, dairy products, eggs; fish Jersey potatoes, cauliflower, tomatoes; beef, dairy products Jordan wheat, barley, citrus, tomatoes, melons, olives; sheep, goats, poultry Kazakhstan grain (mostly spring wheat), cotton; livestock Kenya tea, coffee, corn, wheat, sugarcane, fruit, vegetables; dairy products, beef, pork, poultry, eggs Kiribati copra, taro, breadfruit, sweet potatoes, vegetables; fish Korea, North rice, corn, potatoes, soybeans, pulses; cattle, pigs, pork, eggs Korea, South rice, root crops, barley, vegetables, fruit; cattle, pigs, chickens, milk, eggs; fish Kuwait practically no crops; fish Kyrgyzstan tobacco, cotton, potatoes, vegetables, grapes, fruits and berries; sheep, goats, cattle, wool Laos sweet potatoes, vegetables, corn, coffee, sugarcane, tobacco, cotton, tea, peanuts, rice; water buffalo, pigs, cattle, poultry Latvia grain, sugar beets, potatoes, vegetables; beef, pork, milk, eggs; fish Lebanon citrus, grapes, tomatoes, apples, vegetables, potatoes, olives, tobacco; sheep, goats Lesotho corn, wheat, pulses, sorghum, barley; livestock Liberia rubber, coffee, cocoa, rice, cassava (tapioca), palm oil, sugarcane, bananas; sheep, goats; timber Libya wheat, barley, olives, dates, citrus, vegetables, peanuts, soybeans; cattle Liechtenstein wheat, barley, corn, potatoes; livestock, dairy products Lithuania grain, potatoes, sugar beets, flax, vegetables; beef, milk, eggs; fish Luxembourg wine, grapes, barley, oats, potatoes, wheat, fruits; dairy products, livestock products Macau only 2% of land area is cultivated, mainly by vegetable growers; fishing, mostly for crustaceans, is important; some of the catch is exported to Hong Kong Macedonia grapes, wine, tobacco, vegetables; milk, eggs Madagascar coffee, vanilla, sugarcane, cloves, cocoa, rice, cassava (tapioca), beans, bananas, peanuts; livestock products Malawi tobacco, sugarcane, cotton, tea, corn, potatoes, cassava (tapioca), sorghum, pulses, groundnuts, Macadamia nuts; cattle, goats Malaysia — from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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