Word: swamplands
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Angel's search leads him from a mental hospital in upstate New York to an unfriendly Baptist church in Harlem, and, in the film's climactic sequences, to the dank swampland surrounding New Orleans. It is here that Angel discovers the nubile Epiphany Proudfoot (Bonet), as well as the truth about Favorite, Cyphre, and himself...
...burn. And like the Casuarina and Schinus, the Melaleuca is quick to invade areas scorched clear of native vegetation. Mature Melaleuca stands so solidly that it keeps out wildlife. Says Morton: "When I say solid, a rabbit can't get through." Melaleuca has already colonized 60 sq. mi. of swampland in southern Florida...
GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS. The American dream is a swindle, an overpriced parcel of Florida swampland peddled by shark-eyed salesmen. David Mamet's message is sour, but his ear-to-the-gutter dialogue is monstrously entertaining. A 1984 Pulitzer prizewinner...
...plains of western Wyoming are today a scarred moonscape of gray hills, but 50 million years ago they were mostly swampland, lush with exotic life. Primitive lemurs swung through palm trees, while the first horse, Eohippus, a short-legged creature about the size of a fox terrier, nibbled on grass beside the squirrelish Paramys...
...Girls. In the first, five women till the harsh swampland of Norfolk; in the second, a Thatcheresque career woman chats with her peers from throughout history. In both, British Feminist Caryl Churchill displays acerbic ironies and dazzling technique...