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...planting is not orderly--no exotic topiary of Disney's beloved barnyard critters. The look is what Comstock calls "promiscuous and harlequin," a quiet riot of greens, a forest painted by Rousseau. Comstock found some of the plants in Nepal, riding a mother elephant named Durgha Kali who recalled Paul from a previous visit and insisted on porting him again. As Comstock tells it, he would point to plants; Durgha would pull them out and pass them up to her master. Like any good Imagineer, Comstock must not only talk to the animals (and plants) but also put his vision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Leisure: Beauty and the Beasts | 4/20/1998 | See Source »

...appear on the Jerry Springer Show, you might want to get tested for the clap. She or he is going to confess to countless affairs with members of the opposite, same and ambiguous sex. While on the program, the fact that you've had a few dalliances with barnyard animals should not mitigate your moral indignation. You should express outrage at your betrayal, probably by throwing a chair. Oh, and by the way, if you're concealing your true gender, this would be a good time to reveal that...

Author: By Noah Oppenheim, | Title: The Genius of Jerry Springer | 4/17/1998 | See Source »

...President Clinton leaped to the task of devising cloning regulations, and Congress held hearings. Public imaginations abetted public nerves as one envisioned an NBA populated by Michael Jordans, a music world consisting of multiple John Teshes, and sheep of the ideological variety. Meanwhile, at the other end of the barnyard, the discovery of mad-cow disease (a more colorful, thus emotionally agitating term than bovine spongiform encephalopathy) had real men ordering sushi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE YEAR EMOTIONS RULED | 12/22/1997 | See Source »

...were shocked and dumbfounded to receive a message describing a Winthrop House event in terms of "drunken fit," "barnyard animals" and "liquors--lots of it." The behavior implied is in clear violation of College-wide policy. It cannot be condoned in any House event. But more seriously, it brings with it the worst nightmares of House Masters: the call at 4 a.m. to rush to Holyoke Center, because a young woman has choked in bed on her vomit and died; or a young man has fallen from a balcony after drinking excessive amounts of beer and is on life-support...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Text of E-Mails on Winthrop Dance | 10/8/1997 | See Source »

...message sent yesterday to all House residents, the masters wrote: "We were shocked and dumbfounded to receive a message describing a Winthrop House event in terms of 'drunken fits,' 'barnyard animals,' and 'liquor--lots...

Author: By Benjamin E. Berkman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Winthrop Masters Assail Alcoholic Fete | 10/8/1997 | See Source »

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