Word: hangings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...narrower trees are supported by stilt-roots at the base that look like whisk brooms. The Parkia tree rises to the sun and spreads a flat umbrella over the others. There is full employment. Trees support lizards and insects, which themselves support birds and monkeys. Army ants bivouac and hang from tree limbs in living nests, with their pupae asleep in the center. Sometimes the trees become food; they can be devoured by strangler figs, which grow from seeds dropped by birds, then rise and surround a tree like a parasitic vine, swallow it whole and take its place...
...village, which looks like Africa in South America. What strikes one is how at ease the people are with themselves and their environment. They have a way of standing that seems to put no stress anywhere on their bodies, as if they have arranged all their parts to hang in perfect balance, like a mobile. Doing laundry or picking things up off the ground, the women bend not at the knees but at the waist, and with a fluidity that suggests there is no better way to bend. They do a musical performance, a seketi, in which they clap rapidly...
Those of us in the religious minority celebrate our various holidays in the privacy of our rooms, or in other appropriately designated community spaces. Students celebrating Christmas are certainly free to do likewise--they can erect trees, mount wreaths, hang lights from their fire escapes, even construct nativity scenes in their own private domains. If they want to share their holiday they can invite friends over for a Christmas party...
Walsh's goal took the momentum away from Northeastern, which managed to hang with Harvard for 40 minutes. After two periods, the Huskies had outshot the Crimson. 16-15. But Harvard--which needed two third-period goals to beat then-No. 1 New Hampshire--dominated the final 20 minutes, firing 14 shots while held Northeastern to four...
...wife Nicole's killer. Now he has been spotted, and photographed, by the Globe with a woman who bears an eerie resemblance to Nicole, far right. Christie Prody, near right, a 23-year-old former waitress, is said to be spending time with Simpson and his kids. Hang on to your sunglasses, Chris...