Word: flora
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...must combat desertification, agreed. But some deserts need to be protected from man. For instance, one of the world's most remarkable deserts: the geographically confined Namib. Its flora and fauna are unrivaled, in part because of the great diversity of ultra-psammophilous adaptations. It is a great pity, therefore, that the South West African department of water affairs is now hellbent on pumping dry the underground water resources of the Kuiseb River to satisfy the corporate hunger for uranium...
...work of Shiko Munakata, a contemporary Japanese woodblock artist, is the subject of a third MFA exhibition. The museum is displaying several of Munakata's original woodblock prints in addition to photographs of many of his other works. "Flora and Fauna," a collection of about 35 prints and drawings, traces the development of natural history illustration from the 16th to the 19th century, and "Peter Rabbit and Other Tales--Art from the World of Peter Rabbit" is a show well-suited to our current age of nostalgia...
...Washington, the initials D.C, stand for Disco Capital, say the night stalkers. The most opulent place in town is Pisces, where the decor runs to old R.K.O. set designs, 1,000-gal. shark-filled aquariums, 18-ft. laser-lit cascades and tropical flora. Members include Liz Taylor, Gregory Peck and Alejandro Orfila, secretary-general of the Organization of American States, who last October auctioned off three rare 24-in.-high falabella ponies on the dance floor. The newest In place is The Apple Tree. The interior resembles a cross between a carpenter's loft and a berserk florist...
...Flora Purim--Harvard Square...
...Crusaders will be at the Berklee Performance Center on May 20 at 8 pm. "The Crusaders apologize for having to cancel their last concert, but promise to make this a performance Boston will long remember!" That's what the ad in the Phoenix said--ha, ha. Procol Harum with Flora Purim and Airto will be at the Harvard Square Theater on May 17 at 7 and 10:30. A joke for our Jewish readers: "Every time she says 'Haman"..." (That joke was sent in by a lonely inmate of a nameless prison in Southeastern Massachusetts...