Carrots

The carrot (Daucus carota subsp. sativus) is a root vegetable, usually orange in color, though purple, black, red, white, and yellow cultivars exist. They are a domesticated form of the wild carrot, Daucus carota, native to Europe and Southwestern Asia. The plant probably originated in Persia and was originally cultivated for its leaves and seeds. The most commonly eaten part of the plant is the taproot, although the stems and leaves are also eaten. The domestic carrot has been selectively bred for its greatly enlarged, more palatable, less woody-textured taproot. The carrot is a biennial plant in the umbellifer family, …

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The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

DIFFERENTIATION TOWARDS EASTERN EUROPE NECESSARILY INVOLVES CARROTS AS WELL AS STICKS» AND THAT SUCH A POLICY MUST


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 French

A file containing documents concerning relations between NATO member states. Subjects covered in the file include anti-Americanism and opposition to nuclear weapons in Western Europe; the American decision not to …

incapacity of any purely economic "sticks and carrots" to perform what is essentially a military task


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

A file containing documents relating to the Soviet economy. Subjects covered in the file include poor economic output in the first quarter of 1982; a newspaper article criticising the neglect …

and some peasant women were selling bunches of carrots at 0.80 roubles e a c h . Cabbages were on d


The National Archives · 1 January 1981 French

A file containing documents concerning airline services to Berlin and the air corridors. Subjects covered in the file include a large number of Soviet requests for short-term closures of the …

Capitol would connect with the US. One of the carrots to obtain this agreement is alleged to be Air


The National Archives · 1 January 1981 English

problem. ^ 3. In addition to these three possible carrots (which I have advanced in what I suspect is decreasing have two further suggestions which are neither 'carrots' nor 'sticks' but which j; might best be described


The National Archives · 1 January 1981 Dutch

A file of correspondence and reports concerning agriculture in the Soviet Union. The documents include a brief on Soviet agriculture in 1980; a review of the grain prospects for 1981; …

still white cabbage, tomatoes, onions, beetroots, carrots and cucumbers. Special emphasis is being laid


The National Archives · 1 January 1980 English

thought seems to have been given to possible carrots. I do not suppose that there is any carrot which


The National Archives · 1 January 1980 English

strongly to this. Farafanov, having deployed two carrots and two sticks, I concluded with a resounding


The National Archives · 1 January 1979 English

which could be ? ° n § ^ e d tor oc Qt-irkq or carrots in helping persuade the French or Germans to take


The National Archives · 1 January 1979 French

A file containing documents relating to dissidence in Romania. Subjects covered in the file include coal miners sent to labour camps after staging strikes; a campaign against Hungarian-language schools and …

watery soup made from various combinations of carrots, onions, beans, cabbage, potatoes and rice. —


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