Word: vine
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Custer die on the gentle hill where his body was found, or by the river as Indian tales say? Did the last troopers, as Indian veterans claimed, commit suicide to avoid being tortured? "The myths around Custer and the battle have become much bigger than the facts," says Vine Deloria, a Sioux author. "This could help set the record straight...
Fire fighters battling brushfires in Southern California's Los Padres National Forest have long had to cope with an occupational hazard beyond that of smoke and flames: poison oak, the Western cousin of poison ivy. Not only do they risk coming into contact with the vine, but they also breathe in fumes from its burning leaves, often resulting in infections of the eyes, throat and lungs, as well as rashes and itching skin. "It's almost everywhere," says Forest Service Researcher Jerry Oltman. "It's a real problem...
When there were relatively few wine makers and their names were mostly well known, the illustrations on labels were usually austere monotone depictions of vine rows or chateaux. With the proliferation of new vineyards in the past 15 years, more and more wineries have learned that a distinctive label can be the decisive factor in selling a bottle. Artful packaging, most notably in California, has become almost as important in the industry as the vintner's art. Says Marshall Ream of the Santa Ynez Valley's Zaca Mesa Winery: "You've got to put on a better...
Taken at face value, however, the medals might just indicate a different, more significant problem--that the Army actually needed 8612 acts of heroism to pull off a project about as difficult as invading Martha's Vine-yard. The implications for national security are profound and troubling indeed when 7000 tough guys with helicopters and machine guns--and no nagging world press at their heels--needed thousands of acts of valor to defeat a motley crew of Cuban "construction workers" and Third World revolutionaries...
...Grab a vine, give a yell and prepare to take a leap of faith: they have gone and made an utterly serious Tarzan movie and, believe it or not, it is rather good. Indeed, much of Greystoke is very good, a tender, thoughtful and pictorially beautiful working out of the themes that were implicit in Edgar Rice Burroughs' original conception, but which over 70 years of life in the Hollywood jungle have been choked off by the riotous, unchecked growth of weedy invention and seedy, B-picture convention...