Word: sun
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...raucous clamor is soon followed by the rising of the sun. It comes up quickly on the southern continent, since it is so close to the equator. Under the dense canopy of rainforest, it is hardly noticed--just a gradual lifting of the grey understorey dimness...
...said good-bye to the rainforest from the top of a ladder next to our camp. It had become my favorite perch, and I could look out at the forest and the sinking sun...
...stairs, my right hand was handcuffed to Zac's left and we were led into the sunlight. For a moment I was blinded and unable to move. The sun had never felt so clean on my grimy skin. A policeman pushed us into a Land Rover with the barrel of his carbine. We were going to court...
...string and made chit-chat. Phoenix laughed and nodded, occasionally making a small hand gesture, but their voices were inaudible from our table. Then she would dance off again, pausing by the speakers to unload her g-string tips. Unlike most of the dancers who had mascaraed eyes and sun-bed glossy skin, Phoenix was slender and pale. I worried about her tendons, wincing when she threw her head towards her knees, snapping into the full rear-view stance...
...doorman was huge, with a striped head (shaved blond streaks), a Mr. Universe tanktop on, and sun-bed glossy skin. He wasn't real interested in talking. But he told me her name. Phoenix...