Word: petunias
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have succeeded in dreaming up some extraordinary plants. Monsanto, which produces the hugely popular herbicide Roundup, has made just as big a hit with its line of genetically modified crops that are immune to the Roundup poison--thanks to a gene that company scientists tweezed out of the common petunia and knitted into their food plants. Other GM crops have been designed to include a few scraps of dna from a common bacterium, rendering the plants toxic to leaf-chewing insects but not to humans...
Aside, perhaps, from that lightning-bolt-shaped scar on his forehead, Harry Potter will seem familiar to anyone who has ever read a decent fairy tale. Harry, 11, is an orphan who lives with his aunt and uncle, Petunia and Vernon Dursley, and their son Dudley. Is it worth pointing out that the Dursleys are as dreadful as one might expect of people named Dursley--they make that step-family of Cinderella's seem merely ill-tempered by comparison--and that young Dudley is a fat, spoiled bully who keeps breaking Harry's glasses...
...Hasbro rolls out an action figure modeled after former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff COLIN POWELL, the latest addition to Hasbro's Historic Commanders Assortment. Powell (the doll) eschews fatigues for a decorated dress uniform and tie. But after a tough day of reconnaissance in Mom's petunia garden, the general and company might want to kick off their combat boots and relax. That's where G.I. Bob comes in, as in Bob Hope, the first Hasbro Hollywood Hero. Hope, dressed in a pith helmet and leather jacket, will begin entertaining troops from toy-store shelves later this...
...early in the play, Millie tells Wiletta that most of her past roles have been slaves who bear the names of jewels or flowers like "Opal, Pearl, or Magnolia." The play within this play proves to be no different. Millie and Wiletta are cast as "Petunia" and "Ruby...