Word: underbrush
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...unsuspecting newcomer to Cambridge may think, "Wow, Charles sure must've suffered from Hurricane Gloria. Look at the widespread devastation, the uprooted trees, the messy underbrush...
...From a droll story titled The Best Shod: "An invasion of beggars, but there's one consolation; no one lacks shoes, there are more than enough shoes to go around. Sometimes, it's true, a shoe has to be taken off some severed leg found in the underbrush, and it's of no use except to somebody with only one good leg. But this doesn't happen very often, usually corpses are found with both shoes intact.' Valenzuela's tone is a far cry from fantasy. Says she: "Magical realism was a beautiful resting...
...when, at the beginning, Philostrate, master of King Theseus' revels, makes his way through the underbrush and starts doing card tricks, he creates a mild sense of foreboding. Magician Ricky Jay is a deft dealer, but his sleight of hand tips the hand of Director James Lapine. This will be an evening of chipper invention, but one that will skirt the deeper, darker depths of this forest, where magic turns to mystery and the tumbling appearance of the fairy kingdom's wayward spirits becomes a metaphor for the wayward heart's enigmatic leapings...
...pistol in a magazine, and it was instantly clear that opportunities for misuse were endless. The three of them roughed out the National Survival Game almost instantly. There would be a forested tract of about 100 acres and up to twelve competitors stalking one another through the underbrush with Nel-Spots. The first assassin to collect a flag from each of the four flag stations would win, provided he escaped being shot...
...victim told police that as she struggled with the assailant, she grabbed the knife and threw it into some heavy underbrush nearby...