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...lens, her dark eyes excited and anxious. Cut to a crowded living room, where relatives smiled and ululated in celebration. As a voice-over explained that no sanitary precautions would be taken, no anesthetic applied, Nagla was tilted onto her back by two men -- a plumber and / a florist -- and her legs prodded into the air in a wide V. While the florist cradled her from behind, the plumber wrapped Nagla's hands around her ankles. Then the plumber quickly leaned in between Nagla's legs and cut off her clitoris with a pair of barber's scissors. The girl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Rite of Passage -- Or Mutilation? | 9/26/1994 | See Source »

...about a week after the opening of a new florist near Quincy House, I admired a plant in the window. It was little--modest, even--but lush in a way, and I wanted it for my room...

Author: By Amanda C. Pustilnik, | Title: When the Thought Really Counts | 12/18/1993 | See Source »

...Anybody eight to 80 likes them--students, working people, old, young, whatever, doesn't make a difference," said John B. Zedros, manager of the Brattle Square Florist, which sells these seasonal decorations for a dollar each...

Author: By Julie H. Park, | Title: Pumpkins: Bigger Isn't Always Better | 10/27/1993 | See Source »

...paused near the entrance to ask one girl why she had come to this particular florist shop. It turned out she was a Harvard student, just like many of the shop's other customers. "I'm a first-time buyer," Margaret Bordeaux `97 told me. "I was walking back from my job, and I saw all these pretty flowers. I just thought it would be nice to get something for the room...

Author: By Peter K. Han, | Title: Bulbs in the 'Hood | 10/7/1993 | See Source »

That, I found out, is the attraction of Brattle Square Florist Shop. It pleases everyone, from the most serious horticulturalist to the flower novice who just wants to see life bloom on his or her desk every day during the cold winter months...

Author: By Peter K. Han, | Title: Bulbs in the 'Hood | 10/7/1993 | See Source »

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