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... become worthless for human consumption . Only when bananas are picked green will the starch in them turn to sugar and the fruit become desirable for food . The banana plant is a perennial herb and each stalk produces a single bunch of ...
... become worthless for human consumption . Only when bananas are picked green will the starch in them turn to sugar and the fruit become desirable for food . The banana plant is a perennial herb and each stalk produces a single bunch of ...
Page 62
... become pure white . Such horses do not give birth to white colts , and white colts are practically unknown . White ... becomes good if done for a good purpose - dates back to the beginning of the Christian era if not earlier . Ovid , the ...
... become pure white . Such horses do not give birth to white colts , and white colts are practically unknown . White ... becomes good if done for a good purpose - dates back to the beginning of the Christian era if not earlier . Ovid , the ...
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... become a laughing - stock , sent them word to tarry at Jericho until their beards were grown . The allusions to shaving and razors are numerous in the Old Testament . Alex- ander the Great ordered his soldiers to shave off their beards ...
... become a laughing - stock , sent them word to tarry at Jericho until their beards were grown . The allusions to shaving and razors are numerous in the Old Testament . Alex- ander the Great ordered his soldiers to shave off their beards ...
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