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In case you missed this....I love the last line...

Khodakovskaya, a plant physiologist who now operates her own lab at the 
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, says she has since developed a 
new breed that in addition to tolerating draught, produces a leafy plant 
with fruit high in lycopene, an antioxidant. Researchers believe 
antioxidants are important in preventing cancer and other chronic 
diseases. .....
Khodakovskaya and colleagues at Arkansas State University and the 
University of Central Arkansas are preparing to patent their technology, 
which involves adding some new genes to the basic tomato.
The fruit, however, has yet to be put to the ultimate test — taste.
"When we grow the plants we use some chemicals, and I was advised not to 
eat it," Khodakovskaya told Discovery News.

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"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public 
debt  should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered 
and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed 
lest Rome become bankrupt.  People must again learn to work, instead of 
living on public assistance."

--Cicero, 55 BC
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