Recommended for European travelers and colonists heading to the East in the late 1800s, quinine was initially added to various alcoholic beverages to mask its bitterness.
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Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
23 Dec. 2024
Hot, wet, insect-ridden, and with a climate that made early colonists exceptionally susceptible to disease, the islands became the center of an idea formulated in Paris in the mid-nineteenth century.
Some newcomers have become key players, while others have made minimal contributions.
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Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
The lineup for the 2025 Cannes Film Festival was unveiled Thursday morning, and includes a mix of names familiar to the competition alongside some relative newcomers.
But two people with knowledge of the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive internal deliberations, said Secretary of State Marco Rubio relied on a provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 that gives him sweeping power to expel foreigners.
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Minho Kim,
New York Times,
11 Mar. 2025
In New Zealand, the government was still preventing not just foreigners but also many of its own citizens from entering the country as late as January 2022, when 90 percent of the population was vaccinated.
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