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Sequoia sempervirens is the scientific name for redwood. It grows only along a short section of the northern California coast, thriving in the cool, moist air. A relative, but no longer cut commercially, is Sequoia gigantea or "Big Tree." Mature redwoods are also Big Trees-300 ft. high, 30 ft. through the butt...
...That's unfortunate. I don't think I'm a Wet. You might better say?moist. ... If Prohibition proves unenforceable, this Commission should...
...candidate in Massachusetts should attain a comfortable majority in November. In the west, Senator Walsh of Montana, with a brilliant career while wrapped in the toga, faces quite likely defeat by an inferior candidate, purely because the latter is wringing wet. Rolph of California will bear a moist gubernatorial standard to victory against a dry Democrat, according to past elections in a Republican state. New York, Wisconsin and others are already damp...
...Woodcock bears. An upland species of snipe, highly prized by sportsmen and epicures, the woodcock has a long, long bill and practically no tail at all. Its plumage is heavily mottled- brown, black, buff, grey-protective coloration for thickety ground. It can thrive only in wet (or at least moist) places, where it can probe for worms without bending or breaking its bill. That it may spy its enemies while it feeds, its eyes-large, nearsighted, goggling-are close together near the top of its head. Found from Nova Scotia to British Columbia, it is migratory, a fly-by-night...
Officiating was Mirzah Ahmad Sohrab, accredited U. S. leader of the Bahai cult. Stocky, moist-eyed, he adjured them...