"Let them think about the substantial carrots of improved relations, not just the sticks, and there may be a deal to be had," he wrote in a 2008 book, as he was preparing to leave the Senate.
As for engaging with Iran in seeking to avoid war, Hagel sensibly argued, "Let them think about the substantial carrots of improved relations, not just the sticks and there may be a deal to be had".
More to the point, I know plenty of organic farmers who grow substantial carrot crops – and cereal crops for that matter – without any of the herbicides, insecticides and plant growth hormones so beloved of NFU members.
But a law proposing citizenship (as opposed to a temporary shield from deportation) is a substantial carrot to offer.In the absence of a comprehensive reform law from Washington, how each state chooses to treat immigrants without papers will make a great deal of difference.
Daniel Johnson, leader of the provincial Liberal Party, for one: he needs something more substantial than carrots if he is to challenge the popular PQ premier, Lucien Bouchard, who is expected to call a provincial election next spring, a necessary prelude to yet another referendum, the third since 1980, on "sovereignty", as separatists call it.
It is preceded by a substantial plate of carrots, celery, new pickles, cabbage and olives, long reedy bread sticks and warm bread.
The expert panel of WCRF/AICR also found substantial evidence that food containing carotenoids, like carrots, probably protect against lung cancer.
In-package desiccants (drying agents) improve storage stability of dehydrated white potatoes, sweet potatoes, cabbage, carrots, beets, and onions and give substantial protection against browning.
It involves carrots -- or in this case, a substantial amount of money, a nice island home and the promise of a painless post-political life.
These results indicate that the loss of texture in digested carrots, as shown in Figure 6b, was mainly caused by substantial dissolution, depolymerization, and destruction of cell wall polymers, particularly the pectic substances.
Another substantial winter dish was a thick cassoulet of duck and lamb with white beans, carrots and tomato.
