Word: oak
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Thoreau orders Wild Fruits as a botanist might, collecting his notes on each plant in the order in which it blooms. He records the dates of his sightings and the measurements he has made: "September 24, 1859. The common shrub oak is apparently the most fertile of our oaks. I count two hundred sixty-six acorns on a branch just two feet long." But he has trouble keeping poetry out of his descriptions: "August 23, 1858. Abundantly shedding its downy seeds, wands of white and pink." And sometimes the objective mask slips completely: "July 30, 1860. Beautiful...
...slammed for too much sweetness. Too much affection for Tipper. Too much effort when he switched to cowboy boots. For God's sake, they even criticized him for wearing too much navy blue. So he has moved onto tan. Of course, while navy blue evokes important discussions around an oak table, tan signals pick-up lines at a Formica bar-top. But when you're dealing with someone as dry as Gore, maybe it's a good idea to go to the extremes...
Heimert was born in Oak Park, Ill., on Nov. 10, 1928. His family soon moved to nearby Chicago and finally to suburban Elmhurst where he attended York Community High School...
...Japanese regulation needs to be strengthened to prevent such mishaps, but it is time that the media become more knowledgeable about industrial safety and not treat everything nuclear like a grade-B movie. THEODORE M. BESMANN Oak Ridge, Tenn...
...flawless that I didn't notice he was reading from his second book. His talent first appeared in Angela's Ashes, the hugely successful childhood memoir that won a Pulitzer Prize. 'Tis is the sequel to that story, beginning with McCourt's journey to America on the MS Irish Oak in 1949, and ending in Belfast, 1985. In between, we experience first-hand the trials and triumphs of an American immigrant, from his days sweeping the lobby of the Biltmore hotel to striding down the halls of Stuyvesant as a respected teacher...