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...In the 1960s, the family also provided horses for the Indian government’s Haffkine Institute in Mumbai, which used them to make life-saving antivenoms for snake bites....
...One of the most infectious germs known causes measles, with R as high as 20 in a fully susceptible group — which is why vaccination rates above 95 per cent are required to achieve sufficient herd immunity...
...That has always annoyed Nissan’s leadership, which also views itself as the stronger business of the two....
...a logistics base for Brazil’s large offshore oil discoveries, known as the pre-salt blocks, in which two of China’s biggest oil companies, Sinopec and Cnooc, have an interest....
...To fuel its growth, it has skilfully leveraged existing assets to fund the purchase of new ones — a process known in Chinese as “a snake swallowing an elephant”....
...While analysts welcomed the more realistic capital expenditure plan and its emphasis on reducing Petrobras’s debt burden, the corruption scandal, known as Lava Jato or Car Wash, continues to cast a shadow...
...In Ullapool, I turned on to “North road”, also known as the A835. In the UK, an “A-road” is usually a busy major artery, often a dual carriageway....
...writhing snakes....
...The singer also reveals that the pineapple was chosen for its well-known erotic qualities (you either know or you don’t; if you are in an American moms’ group, don’t ask), and says she has started to dabble...
...But even though he was so right about the place, he was also so very wrong....
...Only seven of the original 12 heads have been recovered, and Weiwei had to re-imagine some, such as the dragon and the snake, as no accurate record of what they looked like now exists....
...He is also a considerable scholar, as well as a phrasemaker, and this is the first volume of his magnum opus....
...Further south, near Girona, is a medieval castle in Púbol known as the Castell Gala Dalí (Plaça Gala Dalí, E-17120 Púbol-la-Pera; tel: + 34 972 488 655; open 10.00-18.00; entry €6, €4 concessions)....
...There are a handful of well-known robotics companies in the UK, including OC Robotics, which has created a snake arm that fits into small places....
...“The pioneers commit the blunders and the second generation realise where the snake pits are.”...
...A girl known only as Little Fearless fights the powers-that-be at a state-run workhouse, with martyrdom the inevitable outcome....
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