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Syringa vulgaris is a large deciduous shrub or multi-stemmed small tree, growing to 6–7 m (20–23 ft) high. It produces secondary shoots from the base or roots, with stem diameters up to 20 cm (8 in), which in the course of decades may produce a small clonal thicket. [1]
Common lilac (Syringa vulgaris)In the late 1850s and early 1860s, Whitman established his reputation as a poet with the release of Leaves of Grass.Whitman intended to write a distinctly American epic and developed a free verse style inspired by the cadences of the King James Bible.
Her mother, Minty, was Australian, and her father, Geoffrey, was an English architect and a co-founder of the architecture magazine Clip-Kit. [1] Geoffrey was diagnosed with kidney cancer when Katharine was a child, and later, when she was in graduate school in 2007, he died at age 59 of cancer as well as complications from alcoholism. [1] [3] [4]
When a slang-using garbage man comes in asking the professors' assistance for a quiz, Bertram realizes he is far behind the latest uses of slangs and ventures out to do some independent research and becomes interested in the slang vocabulary of nightclub performer Katherine "Sugarpuss" O'Shea.
Havemeyer was a trustee of the American Museum of Natural History [58] He and his brothers gave Havemeyer Hall for a School of Mines to Columbia University as a memorial for their father Frederick C. Havemeyer Jr. who studied at Columbia College from 1821 to 1823. [59] Havemeyer gave a school to the Town of Greenwich, Connecticut. [60]
The Lilac Fairy explains the situation, and Désiré begs to be taken to the princess. The Lilac Fairy takes him to the hidden castle. Carabosse makes one last attempt to cement her vengeful curse, but the Lilac Fairy and the prince manage to defeat her together at last. Act II, Scene II — Le château de la belle au bois dormant
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When Rosemary resists dismissing Miss Smith, Philip tries another, more successful, tactic: He plays to Rosemary's jealousy and insecurity by telling her how pretty he thinks Miss Smith is. Rosemary retrieves three five-pound notes and, presumably, sends the girl away (a far cry from Rosemary's first vow to "look after" and "be frightfully nice ...