Word: lamarck
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...else (to quote Lamarck), I soon may atrophy away...
...most common of the 200 strains of coca is Lamarck, a shrub that grows in the eastern foothills of the Andes. It is a hardy, deep-rooted perennial that can be harvested a mere six months after planting and then as often as three times a year. It can also survive for up to 30 years, growing stronger with...
...florid, energetic style begins turning an already complicated narrative into a three-ring extravaganza. As if the local color of Imperial Russia and a weird group of invading performers were not enough, obscure allusions begin clamoring for attention. One of the star acts in Colonel Kearney's circus is "Lamarck's Educated Apes." This Monsieur Lamarck is a wife beater and a drunk; he also bears the name of the French naturalist whose theory of evolution through the transmission of acquired learning was overturned by Darwinism. So the new Lamarck's chimps get smart enough to dump him and demand...