Word: flora
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...many of those who lost family or friends in the bombing, this ruling is a sharp reminder that their doubts and questions are still not laid to rest. "I was one of the only relatives who sat through the trial," says Jim Swire, an English doctor whose daughter, Flora, died in the crash. "I went into that court expecting to be convinced those two men were guilty; I emerged thinking it was a cock and bull story." Like some other family members, he is calling for an independent inquiry - not just into the Megrahi conviction, but into the attack itself...
...heat enough to melt that gold, those flower tones," Vincent van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo. "It needs the whole and entire force and concentration of a single individual." The flora he described was sunflowers, and Van Gogh is the one artist who did those blossoms justice. In Sunflowers for Van Gogh (Rizzoli; 149 pages; $25), Photographer David Douglas Duncan captures the luminous, strangely feminine character of his subjects. This glowing tribute to painter and plant offers what seem to be studies of leafy blonds singing in the daylight, mourning in the shadows and brightening the earth when there...
...John Derian Co. The East Village boutique is a treasure trove of flora and fauna, much of it displayed with a modern wink. Elephants, right, monkeys and other wildlife stampede across a series of square decoupage glass platters. Cache pots display delicate branches, top, and a vibrant crab is the centerpiece of an oval plate, above. tel: (1-212) 677-3917; www.johnderian.com
...Flora Danica, 142 Avenue des Champs-Elysées (33-1-44-13-86-26). If you are in a super-lazy mood and you go to the movies on the Champs Elysées, the food is very light, and the place is open on Sundays?a rarity in Paris...
...created a hole for Bassett who made the score 4-0. Another game misconduct early in the third allowed Chu to strike at the 5:46 mark.Vaillancourt tallied Harvard’s sixth and final score on a solo effort midway through the period. Quinnipiac’s Kallie Flora prevented sophomore goalie Brittany Martin from recording the shutout, though, when she scored with just 2 minutes left in the game...