Archive for February 8th, 2008

All-Stars Set Record without Win

Friday, February 8th, 2008

by Rod Hughes
Costa Rica’s All-Star soccer team managed to set a record for itself yesterday in Kingston, Jamaica: 10 matches without a win. They managed this dubious feat with a 1-1 tie with their Jamaican counterparts. The natives around Ticolandia are restless.
At minute 78 in […]

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Banana Raisers Study Chemical Reduction

Friday, February 8th, 2008

by Rod Hughes
It’s no secret that people like bananas, one of this country’s most lucrative and oldest export crops. But so do a host of tropic enemies.
Insects feast on the leaves, the dread Black Sigatoka fungus kills the plant and nematodes, parasites, gnaw on the […]

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