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From the Desert of Death in the sunblasted south to the 18,000-ft.-high Wakhan Valley in the far northeast, the first blossoms of modernity have finally begun to sprout in the rugged kingdom of Afghanistan. So have the weeds. After 2,500 years of inertia, a startling 13-year spurt of modernization has made itself felt across much of the Texas-sized nation. The beginnings of progress have also brought new problems, political and economic. As a result, Afghanistan's course seems far less clear today than it did a few years...
Twiggy engaged? True enough. Britain's bean sprout of a lass and her hairdresser-turned-manager, Justin de Villeneuve, 28, announced they will be married. But not right off, chums. "Twiggy and I will marry when she's 21," announced her steady companion, while the bride-to-be, looking older than her 18 years in a micro-toga, waggled her side curls in agreement. "I don't believe in marrying young," said the Twig. And there's another little thing, continued Justin: Twiggy says she wants a ring bigger than Liz Taylor's 33.19-carat...
This summer dry, sound-treated seeds be planted outside the laboratory on an experimental farm, where they will sprout, reach maturity and produce the grain yield per plant shows a substantial increase over plants from untreated seed, Dr.Weinberger be11eves, the time may be ripe for practical use of the sound technique For only $300, she says, a sma11 farmer could then buy an oscillator and a speaker to stimulate his wheat seed into highly profitable growth...
...plant chasing you around is no good," she says sternly, and starts clipping away with her shears. This leads into a lesson on containing aggressive philodendron: wrap the dangling stems around the base of the plant, puncture the skin and pin the stems down with hairpins so they will sprout anew. Her method for watering hanging plants without dribbling on the floor: drop a couple of ice cubes into...
...identity is,.dropped noisily on pase 371, where he is referred to as Xipe Totec, Our Lord of the Flayed Hide. Xipe Totec is the Mexican god of newly planted seed and of penitential torture. Like the maize seed that loses its husk as it begins to sprout, Xipe Totec gave food to mankind by having himself skinned alive. .In short, Xipe is an Aztec Christ-figure. Messaee: someone always has to be sacrificed before man can move to an other level of awareness...