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Last year, in an Executive Board meeting of the Harvard Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA), heated discussion ended in the decision by some members that a palm tree was an offensive image for a poster design. If palm trees offend, Jada Pinkett Smith professing a message of love and tolerance never had a chance...
...start filming. Citing a collective concern over the script's readiness, the studio dismissed reports that Crowe alone forced the delay, closing the tiny window when both stars were available. The movie always faced steep challenges--a modest budget, huge stars, and the challenge of pronouncing eucalyptus-tree names such as Kakadu Woollybutt...
...Killer Fly Instead of spraying another kumquat tree with insecticide, Taiwan and Hong Kong could consider turning to Florida for an eco-friendly way to fight their recent invasion of fire ants. The Sunshine State's weapon: the PHORID FLY. Phorid larvae, almost invisible to the naked eye, burrow into the ant's head, grow and eventually decapitate it. The flies themselves are harmless to humans and animals...
...into what a police precinct would be like with one of the detectives secretly parading around as the Spirit of Vengeance: the supply person who forgets to order a three-ring hole punch has giant holes punched into his body; the guy wasting paper is changed into a giant tree that is cut down by the Spectre; and the whistling postman has his head turned into a giant whistle...
Another townsperson won over by canine charm is Gloria Dump, (Cicely Tyson) the town eccentric who “sees better with her heart than her eyes.” She inhabits a house in the backfields filled with oddities such as a massive tree decorated with whiskey bottles from her younger days. Her too-obvious name, describing her flyaway hair and mismatched rags, makes for another trite attempt at cleverness by the writers of a banal movie...