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."