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• n  powdery starch from certain sago palms; used in Asia as a food thickener and textile stiffener

• The ancestor poles are taken out into the sago forest and left to rot.
• Not only did London ration Scottish oatmeal, but it announced the order in a list concerning sago, tapioca and other plebeian foodstuffs.
• For dessert, go for the sago gula melaka, a mixture of boiled sago, warm coconut milk, palm sugar and shaved ice.

News & Articles

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• Garden Q&A: Aug. 3, 2013
  Q. I have about 20 small sago palms I have grown from seed and on most the new growth has turned brown. What is the cause? A. Most likely the plants have manganese (not magnesium) deficiency.
  Aug. 3, 2013 - The St. Augustine Record
• Funds for mine safety grant program sliced
  Sequestration cut federal funds for the Brookwood-Sago grant by more than half.
  Aug. 1, 2013 - West Virginia Public Broadcasting
• Egyptian politics, Iraq Veterans Against the War and a Pakistani jail break
  Cherif Bassiouni weighs in on conflict in Egypt. Former Iraq veterans are gathering in Chicago this week to discuss the future of U.S. militarism. The Pakistani legislature has elected a new president. Renata Sago fills us in on new investment happening in Haiti. [ View the story "Worldview: Egyptian politics, Iraq Veterans Against the War and a Pakistani jail break" on Storify ]
  Aug. 1, 2013 - WBEZ 91.5 Chicago

Quotes

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• Robert Byrd in Guardian Unlimited
  MSHA was intended to be a strong federal agency with the authority to investigate, penalize and, when necessary, shut down a coal mine for safety violations,Byrd said. "It is infuriating to watch MSHA, even after the tragedy at Sago,...
• Ben Hatfield in PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)
  The MSHA report seems to be consistent with the findings of three earlier investigations of the Sago accident in concluding that the explosion was most likely caused by a lightning strike rather than human error,said Ben Hatfield, president...
• Joe Manchin in ABC News
  These two men who perished in this mine, the 12 men who perished in the Sago Mine, I can only say to each of those families : that they have not died in vain,Manchin added.