He explained that later in the year when it is in season, he will return to pick the yellow gorse flowers (which have a distinct coconut taste) to use in meat marinades and Thai curries, as well as burdock root, which is popular in Japanese cooking and can be used for vegetable soups or mixed with dandelion to make a root beer-like soft drink.

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So root for the GR-HD1 or something like it.

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Without public debate to root out such ill-conceived laws, they could build up like genetic mutations, sickening Mr Putin's much-hoped-for Russian superstate.

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Although the short cocktail menu showcases unusual drinks like the Nice Legs -- made with gin, Barolo Chinato (an Italian digestive), Gentian (a bitter root) and orange peel -- many patrons will order a classic like an Old-Fashioned (bourbon whiskey, sugar, Angostura bitters, club soda and lemon peel) or leave their choice in the hands of the bartender.

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While candy is getting more beer-like, beer is getting more candy-like, as the craft beer industry, which first took root in the 1980s, matures.

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For the rest of us, Topshop presents a knotty dilemma: the rewards can be great (a leather biker jacket I bought seven years ago is still regularly mistaken for Balenciaga) but the sacrifices are akin to a root canal (confusing layouts, too much clothing and herds of teenagers roaming with hyena-like intensity).

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An outsized focus on the deficit and long-term debt without an economic program that addresses their root cause will become fodder for a skilled politician like Obama to exploit.

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