Word: muir
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...think ‘Pear Tree’ might be familiar to people; it’s one of our great works of art. It’s published everywhere,” says Laura Muir, Cunningham Assistant Curator of the Busch-Reisinger Museum...
...Stop, Monroe demanded that Lange's hair be dyed brown) and won her parts in such 1950s films as The Young Lions. But she was better known for her matronly, Emmy-winning role as a widow living in a haunted seaside home in TV's The Ghost and Mrs. Muir...
...laid-back lullabies, these beat-heavy, infectious numbers demand nonstop waving, shaking, stomping and singing along. The effect can be therapeutic. "I had a little guy in class who was so quiet and shy, I thought he had a speech impediment," says Mona Kolodzie, a kindergarten teacher at John Muir Elementary School in Contra Costa County, Calif. "Once he heard Greg & Steve, he started coming out of his shell. At first he'd just watch the other kids, but soon he was smiling, and by the end of the year, he was singing and talking with everyone else...
...really want to dream, check out onedayhikes.com which features hundreds of exquisite hikes around the world, from a four-day expedition along the Inca Trail to the "lost city" of Machu Picchu, Peru, to an hour-and-a-half-long amble through the coastal redwoods in Northern California's Muir Woods. The awe-inspiring photos alone will make you and your family want to pack your bags--don't forget the bug spray!--and head for the hills...
From a look at the green-toned ads put out by companies such as Ford and the Southern Company, you would think that those in the executive suite spend their days meditating on the wisdom of John Muir and Henry David Thoreau. On the other hand, a look at the day planners of their Washington lobbyists suggests that as soon as these same executives step out of the public eye, they set loose their minions to undo every piece of environmental legislation past, present or future. Ford contributed heavily to the effort to defeat legislation mandating better gas mileage...