tropic
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The filmmaker has teased it’s a “brutal, wild comedy of catastrophic proportions,” promising news for fans who wondered why Cruise never made another movie like “Tropic Thunder.”
From Los Angeles Times
After the winter solstice the Sun begins to move north again relative to the equator until eventually - six months later - it reaches it most northerly point, overhead the Tropic of Cancer, and gives us the summer solstice.
From BBC
The winter solstice is the moment the Sun appears to stand still, directly above the Tropic of Capricorn, the most southerly latitude it reaches annually.
From BBC
Under their independent label Brocoli Records, Montenegro and his bandmates Antonio “Tony” Casas, Andrés “Fofo” Story and Alejandro “Abeja” Abeijón have taken a different approach to music, tapping into a range of genres from tropic pop to electric funk.
From Los Angeles Times
Shown here, it’s paired with an 8-inch Dieffenbachia ‘Tropic Snow’ plant from Creature’s Plants & Coffee.
From Los Angeles Times
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