Word: eucalyptus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...furthermore, the South is the home of the Great Oral Literary Tradition--another myth from days gone by many would like to believe in, a myth from the days when people told tales on the front porch while the cicadas sang and the Spanish moss languished dolefully on the eucalyptus trees...
When it comes to bizarre ways of coming to grips with a shortage of profitably infected molars, nothing can top California. In addition to Dr. Schmidt, there is Dr. Terry Pratt of Alameda, who has taken an old bungalow and created a homey office complete with stained glass, eucalyptus-wood paneling, brass fixtures and white lace window curtains. Dr. Ronald Konopaski of San Francisco says that he has "tried to create an image similar to a beauty salon." The doctor's dental salon offers clients a rainbow-colored printed menu of services with fees. They...
Each team produces representative national dishes. The runners-up this year were Australia (smoked lamb in eucalyptus leaves, sautéed shrimp on fish patties in hollandaise sauce) and South Korea (rolled beef, stuffed duck with apple rings and chestnuts). The Americans produced sea bass stuffed with crabmeat and fried in batter; also, turkey breast stuffed with Virginia ham, liver and giblets, then baked and served rollatine. Both dishes took months to perfect but cost less than $3 a serving to prepare, not including labor costs. Explained Richard Schneider, a New Jersey restaurateur: "We have to be bottom-line conscious...
...designs his public spaces achieve that degree of serenity which only flowing or still water can bestow. In Las Arboledas, developed as a residential community for horse lovers, he installed fountains, pools and a brimming watering trough as long as a lake, whose still surface reflects the thickly set eucalyptus trees. In another subdivision devoted to horsemen, Barragán converted two abandoned horse troughs into a heroically scaled fountain: a massive red earth stucco wall carries an aqueduct that pours water into the pool, all set off by a long pink stucco wall that makes approaching riders look like figures...