The single best thing that America and Europe can do for Africa is not to spoon out charity but to allow Americans and Europeans to buy the products that Africa is capable of producing competitively not just agricultural products but also labour-intensive manufactures such as textiles and leather work.

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And what if we gave this to you in a very aspirational container, with a spoon made out of whole grain to eat it with?

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The waiting Kanu appeared set to tap the ball in but somehow managed to spoon the ball over the bar from two yards out.

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But before a new one could be opened my mother would always require that I scraped out what was stuck inside the bottle with a knife or spoon.

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