Word: parasoled
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Robinson Crusoe, apotheosis of the desert island castaway, throws one of the longest shadows in literature. For more than two centuries, he and his black companion Friday have provoked countless imitations, parodies, cartoons and advertisements. But from the earliest days, in addition to the parasol and firearm, the beachcombers have also carried some heavy moral baggage. Rousseau considered Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel vital to the education of ambitious youth; Coleridge regarded Crusoe as the "universal representative"; and Karl Marx found the plot an illustration of basic economics...
...spring, the city banned the use of several dangerous chemicals and forced Draper Labs to remove them from Cambridge. Why has the city council been silent on the umbrella issue? Could our lawmakers be in the grip of the powerful umbrella lobby? Citizens should be on the lookout for parasol-wielding council members...
...almost painful pieces break into a scene around a river. "Take Me to the Water" women a white gowns and men in their finery dance as the river rises. They sway, push and pull and upon there is no doubt that the river is rising. Donna Wood. holding a parasol way above the water, sends shivers up one's spine as she moves...
...where both groups sought refuge from Sunni Muslim persecutors 1,000 years ago. Before Lebanon deteriorated into outright civil war in 1975, Aytat and Suq al Gharb lived in peace as summer resorts. Wealthy Arabs were drawn to the towns' cool mountain air scented by thick stands of parasol pines. Since the fighting resumed in earnest last October, the villages have become ghost towns. Gardens are overgrown, grape arbors drop their fruit into rotting piles. The newer four-and five-story apartment buildings are dotted with jagged black holes, evidence of frequent artillery exchanges. Virtually all the windows...
...most lethal form, malignant melanoma, though less directly linked to sunshine, has jumped tenfold in the past 20 years. Last week some 300 dermatologists and others gathered in Manhattan to discuss the problem at the first World Congress on Cancers of the Skin. Their message: bring back the parasol...