Word: cactus
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...midnight minstrelsy of a nightingale. The donkey is a serio-comic philosopher, whose stamina and stoicism conquered the wilderness . . . a sure-footed creature of epicurean taste and gargantuan appetite, but whose appetite and taste, happily enough, may be assuaged and satisfied by a nibble at a desert cactus, and he then is ready for another long and arid journey...
...Tucson cattleman. No ransom was paid, no snatcher caught. From Chicago officials had received a special delivery airmail letter directing them to a spot g-2 mi. from Tucson. They found June Robles lying in a shallow hole, chained by her ankles, covered with tin, burlap and cactus. Beside her lay a jug of water, a loaf of fairly fresh bread and some wilted oranges and vegetables. She was thin, dirty, sunburned, weak but otherwise sound. Her first words: "I want my mama...
...night fitful fires of Ilama dung and cactus leaves lighted the little camp 13,000 feet up on the cold and terrifying wastes of the Bolivian Andes. By day the treeless wilderness rang with the blows of a crude stone hammer as a swarthy Bolivian and a handful of Indians kept themselves warm smashing rocks. In quest of the precious, bluish-white metal called tin, they found only dull reddish dirt. The Indians, craving alcohol and coca leaves, wanted to quit. One day they cracked out a few grains of tin. Later a full-fledged vein was uncovered. The Bolivian...
...been accomplished in a human lifetime. And culture has kept pace with commerce on the Colorado plain. Denver's able Civic Symphony Orchestra gives twelve concerts each year. Its A Capella choir is one of the four U. S. best. Denver's businessmen have a literary circle, the Cactus Club which writes and produces its own plays...
...told him to go at once to the bishop and say that she wished a church built on the hill. Juan Diego went, but the Bishop did not believe him. Three days later the Virgin appeared again to Juan, told him to ascend the hill, where only cactus grew. There he found fragrant roses blooming, plucked them, took them in his tilma (rough blanket) to the bishop. When the tilma was unfolded, imprinted on it was a miraculous image of the Virgin. A chapel was speedily built on the hill; the image became an object of veneration, was named Guadalupe...