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• n  a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
• n  Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit
• n  a Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda; seeks to radicalize the Libyan government; attempted to assassinate Qaddafi
• n  fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried

• Surly Roman stonemasons spent the week in "dressing" with colossal fig leaves 70 nude statues of young men, each in an athletic attitude and all some 25 ft.
• After years of being thought of as Newton filling, figs are popular again.
• Why do fig trees follow a different fruiting strategy from that of other trees? It turns out that figs are pollinated by tiny insects called fig wasps.

• figure
• common fig
• common fig tree
• Ficus carica
• Libyan Islamic Fighting Group
• FIG
• Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya
• Libyan Fighting Group
• Libyan Islamic Group

News & Articles

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• Dolce & Gabanna, Carolina Herrara stores coming to Esquire Theater
  Crain's Chicago Business reports: Fashion houses Dolce & Gabanna and Carolina Herrera have leased space in the former Esquire Theater building along with New York restaurant Fig & Olive.        
  June 12, 2013 - Chicago Tribune
• Electric-Car Maker Coda Wins Approval of Fortress Sale
  Coda Holdings Inc., parent of the electric-car maker that sold fewer than 100 vehicles, won court approval of a $25 million sale to a group led by a Fortress Investment Group LLC (FIG) unit.
  June 11, 2013 - Bloomberg
• RUDY FIG
  a sylph fairy alien magic wonderland That is the world of the  Wonderfully Talented RUDY FIG Enjoy her blog here ! About Rudy (quote from her website ): "Rudy Fig is a 23 year old, US based, oil painter and Toy enthusiast.  With toy designers for parents, Rudy grew up in a very creative environment and excelled in the arts from a young age.  After flunking out of art school (with flying colors ...
  June 10, 2013 - StyleBistro

Quotes

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• St Jerome in BusinessWeek
  There's an increasing number of cases where there's no legal fig leaf,Jerome Cohen, a venerable China law expert at New York University who has advised Xue's wife, said in an interview before the verdict.
• Ehud Barak in International Herald Tribune
  I won't be anyone's fig leaf or anyone's third wheel,Barak told the crowd ahead of the vote. "We will be the counterweight that will guarantee that we won't have a narrow right-wing government, but a real government that will take care of...
• Tzipi Livni in FOXNews
  After Peres appointed Netanyahu to construct the next government, Livni said she would refuse to serve as a "fig leaf for a government of paralysis" that did not promote peace.