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It’s known for its large, white, trumpet-shaped flowers with a green stripe that bloom from late winter to spring in sandy soils.
From Los Angeles Times
It is known as Dolgiye Borody, or Long Beards, and it is one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s favored official residences, built on a lake shore in the country’s northwest.
Together, they document one of the earliest known expansions of land-dwelling animals into ocean ecosystems after a period of extreme global warming and mass extinction at the very beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs.
From Science Daily
By Jan. 17—also known as “Ditch New Year’s Resolution Day”—the short-term cost of going to the gym, skipping dessert or taking a polar plunge feels even larger.
Kumail Nanjiani, 47, is a Pakistani American stand-up comedian, actor and producer known for the series “Silicon Valley” and the film “The Big Sick.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
