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The Grain

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Originally published 1886
Authors Leo Tolstoy
Original language Russian
GenresSuspense
Psychological Fiction
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Date of Upd.
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About The Grain


"The Grain" or "A Grain As Big As A Hen's Egg" is an 1886 short story by Leo Tolstoy about a king seeking to understand the properties of a grain he acquires.

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... " Mr Sunak is instead " going with The Grain of the nation and moving for intelligent net zero by 2050 but not putting in costly bans in the next few years...

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Aug 2,2023 2:31 pm

... " When the crops are finally in, The Grains need to be cleaned, graded, sorted and converted into an edible form...

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... After withdrawing from The Grain deal, Russia threatened to target any vessels heading towards Ukraine s Black Sea ports - de facto imposing a naval blockade...

Russia's new tactic for cutting off Ukraine's grain

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... How has this impacted exports? " With The Grain deal being over, the export of Ukrainian grain will stumble at maximum export capacity by river, trucks and rail to about 2...

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... Could he be waiting for the summit to perhaps offer a supposedly magnanimously return to The Grain deal, on slightly tweaked terms? That s not the only delicate issue on the agenda...

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