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...Across, __-Sadr 32. Carrier to Ben-Gurion 34. Ventura was one 37. It may be naked 40. Eddie Rickenbacker, for one 43. A 650-mile hiking trail from here to Cap Gaspe, Que., was finished on Earth Day 45. McCain recently revisited the "__ Hilton" 46. The Panchen __ 47. Lilac is the first magazine by Israeli __ women 48. 63-Across's news agency 49. She's taken flak for not naming an independent counsel in the campaign-finance probe 52. Former Cambodian Premier Lon __ 53. Million __ March, scheduled for May 14 55. Like some vbs. 56. Mauna __ 57. Seemingly forever...
From the time I was a boy, I had dreamed of seeing elephants, giraffes and lions in the wild. But as I gazed across the lush African plain, what amazed me even more were all the creatures I'd never known existed--the lechwe, the kudu, the lilac-breasted roller. I watched them in wonder...
...many. The crowd is carbonated, all noisy and fizzed, relieved, distracted. Kids are focused on planning the postgame show: "Are you going to be at Rob's?" "How do you get there?" "Are his parents home?" One student is walking up to all the girls. He has a lilac ribbon pinned on that says KISS ME, IT'S MY BIRTHDAY. One girl says that it's not his birthday, but everyone obliges him anyway...
...doing yard work over the holiday weekend, get your kids to help you plant an oak sapling or lilac bush in memory of a loved one or just to mark the day. Pull out a photo album or a box of old pictures. Then help your children sort out the names and faces of people they've never met but would probably have enjoyed. Tell them stories about their family, even if you can dredge up only dim memories or anecdotes--like the one about my mother, who once found an alligator in the kitchen eating...
Playing toilet ball, like strumming a five-string guitar, must be its own reward. We do it because we love the feel of grass under our feet, the smell of lilac in the air. We play because we know that with only a month left until graduation, the marginal utility of an hour spent studying is less than that of an hour spent playing outside. We kick the tender two-ply tissue because it makes us laugh. We retrieve it from the bushes because somebody has to. We love it because somebody has to. We love it because...