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...decade ago, gardeners like Wheatley would have been considered eccentric, if not downright demented. These days they fit right in with the preserve-the- planet crowd and give a new meaning to the term green thumb. The goal of the back-to-natives style of gardening is to blend the landscapes of private homes into the natural world around them. Why should Texans plant daffodils and tulips when native bluebonnets and prairie paintbrushes create such glorious displays? Why should Southern Californians, who are trying to reduce water consumption, plant thirsty impatiens rather than the vivid wildflowers that decorate nearby hillsides...
Soon most are working on their tests. Michelle sucks her thumb while she thinks about what to write. A few students seem to be ignoring the tests on their desks...
From a missed case of gastrointeritis, to a wrongly set broken thumb, to an unnecessary cast on their leg, students are replete with horror stories...
...longer help applicants from Harvard get into his school. While he is certainly more knowledgeable about the honors situation here than the average employer, word is getting around. Eventually honors and good grades won't help you at all--but the lack thereof will stick out like a sore thumb. If the Harvard faculty implemented (and publicized) a strict grading policy, no one would forget how hard it is to get in here in the first place. A Harvard diploma would maintain its value, a good transcript would be an additional selling point...
Bruce Babbitt brings a green thumb to 500 million acres...