Word: floras
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...buzzed through the roadside flora I was given over to thought about the human condition. Here in Russia these teeming hordes were referred to as "the masses;" in the U.S., the same people would be called "the viewing public." But were they not, in fact, the same? Were not Russians and Americans cut from the same cloth? Were they not, in the end, both human...
...Flora Houn '87, a committee member, said the committee had invited one or two "light and happy" speakers before talking to Dukakis...
...people came to smell the roses. Montgomery, whose 13-acre concern has a $4.6 million annual billing, said $900,000 of it comes from contacts made at the flower show. He was one of 53 major exhibitors. Their flora took up six acres under the roof of the Philadelphia Civic Center. Montgomery is as good as anyone at giving a primer on the mercantile side of the matter...
...bees do it, but every year tens of thousands of British toads get squashed trying to do it. During migration from their winter woodland homes to springtime breeding ponds, the lovelorn toads frequently croak while crossing the country's roads. Shocked at this tragedy, Britain's Fauna and Flora Preservation Society has opened the country's first toad tunnel in Buckinghamshire. After a week of operation, officials were optimistic that the underpass would do the trick...
...supporting cast, Carolyn Duffy gives the most solid performance while Urso and Whitney are only adequate as Flora and Miles. One wonders why director Martin chose to have Harvey use a British accent, and the others use American accents. This inconsistency is disturbing and distracts the audience even during the play's better moments...