Word: bamboos
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...birthed you, the least you can do is give her a plant. We found this little bamboo at windowbox.com in the Balcony Store under Gifts That Grow. Consult the Gift Advisor, or let the Floracle guide you to the most appropriate purchase...
...walked around the garden he hadn’t been [to] in 40 plus years,” Holbrook said. “We stood in a bamboo grove, and he remembered when it had been planted...
After World War II ended, and with it Japan's 36-year occupation of the Korean peninsula, a sturdy bamboo curtain descended in the Sea of Japan. South Korea banned the import of just about all things Japanese, from transistors to seaweed. Most of those restrictions were retired upon diplomatic normalization in 1965, but one was maintained: South Koreans were not allowed to buy Japanese pop music, view Japanese films or otherwise enjoy Japan's rising output of popular culture...
...results. "Stability is adequate, not excellent, and the maximum speed is about 7 1/2 knots. She has a terrific motion and doesn't pitch or roll." The ship that he and Assad built is a funny-looking duck, with masts like narrow pointed ladders, canted sails and stout bamboo outriggers. The ship's captain, Alan Campbell, a Scotsman now living in Tasmania, recalls his first impression: "Some ships, when you first see them, you're not sure which end is the front and which is the back. When I first saw a picture of this ship, I wasn't sure...
...Asia is his most extravagant entrepreneurial venture. Capitalizing on Javanese resources and skills, the company offers some 28,000 products ranging from bamboo boxes to picture frames made from hand-rolled newsprint to furniture molded from tawny water hyacinth. "The world is looking for interesting materials presented in a sophisticated, minimalist style," he says. Evidently so: Out of Asia goods are carried in ?lite stores and mass-market chains in Europe and the U.S., among them Macy's and Harrods. Although precise revenue figures from the private firm are unavailable, he's currently expanding with a new venture called Warwick...