Word: verdant
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...performance in creating 28 fully realized characters on a sparsely decorated stage. Through her expressive movements and creative vocalizations - most startlingly in rapid-fire exchanges between six-year old Elizabeth and her redoubtable, deep-voiced South African caretaker - Gien single-handedly fills the stage with the people, music and verdant countryside of South Africa...
After a peaceful night's rest, the pleasure begins again with a breakfast that includes what some say are the best grits in the South. Guests may stroll majestic grounds that encompass moss-draped live oaks and verdant gardens. Or they may tour other nearby plantations, hunt for antiques or enjoy boat trips down the Mississippi or through bayous www.madewood.com...
...clever bit of salesmanship), would be a perfect place to live. In 985 Erik returned triumphantly to Iceland and enlisted a group of followers to help him establish the first Norse outposts on Greenland. Claiming the best plot of land for himself, Erik established his base at Brattahlid, a verdant spot at the neck of a fjord on the island's southwestern tip, across from what is now the modern airport at Narsarsuaq. He carved out a farm and built his wife a tiny church, just 8 ft. wide by 12 ft. long. (According to one legend, she refused...
...Rwanda. She had a round, happy face, full cheeks, short, curly hair and good, straight teeth. She wore silver bangles, which jingled as she and Joseph walked together around the road that marked the perimeter of the camp, talking about home, about the avocado and eucalyptus trees, the rolling, verdant hills and the cooler air of Kibungo. Nereciana had sharp, slightly downcast, eager, probing eyes. When she spoke, Joseph detected a confidence in her tone; she knew what she was saying when she told of her desire to have a family. And when she talked about God, Joseph became very...