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  • Many of the entries in the brief, perplexing diary recovered with the body were terse observations of flora and fauna, which fueled speculation that McCandless was a field biologist.†   (source)
  • Flora Baumbach was sappy.†   (source)
  • Geometrically speaking, the Boyarsky was a square at the center of which was a towering arrangement of flora (today forsythia branches in bloom), around which were twenty tables of various sizes.†   (source)
  • Flora showed me the burn scar.†   (source)
  • Flora Hernandez.†   (source)
  • "Oh, do you like it?" said Flora's mother.†   (source)
  • Central Africa is a rowdy society of flora and fauna that have managed to balance together on a trembling geologic plate for ten million years: when you clear off part of the plate, the whole slides into ruin.†   (source)
  • Oh, just the local flora and fauna.†   (source)
  • His wife, Flora, intervened; the baby became Roy.†   (source)
  • "There he was, talking about the post-volcanic flora and I puked right on him," Kim told me in homeroom the next day.†   (source)
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  • Then Flora walked out.†   (source)
  • Millennia ago, when Danu Talis sank beneath the waves, a few of the Elders were able to rescue some of the flora and fauna and transplant it to other lands.†   (source)
  • One of them was quite strange-looking; it had four grey urns with four green willow trees growing out of them, and a white dove in each corner, or I believe they were intended for doves, although they looked more like chickens; and in the middle was a woman's name embroidered in black: Flora.†   (source)
  • This area is home to an abundance of flora and wildlife including elk, bear, deer, and mountain goat.†   (source)
  • Now here she was, somehow making the cosmic leap of logic from dead flora in a pot to living fauna in the pet classifieds.†   (source)
  • And could such a selection over a very long period of time create new species of flora and fauna?†   (source)
  • And it draws the connection between a minor destabilization in seasonal flora and the insignificant destruction of a black girl.†   (source)
  • And they would in fact buy medicines and equipment and more flora for Paul to plant around the growing medical complex on the hillside in Cange.†   (source)
  • On the other hand, the aboriginal people of Australia regarded as sacred the region and the flora around Ayers Rock.†   (source)
  • Flora flushed and glanced around the room for help.†   (source)
  • Flora Thompson, Lark Rise†   (source)
  • Mrs. Nightwing is prattling on about the different flora on the path.†   (source)
  • That squared with Aaron Flora's view.†   (source)
  • I pushed Flora against my face.†   (source)
  • Everything they needed to restore the peoples of the Earth, and the flora, and the fauna.†   (source)
  • In the midst of a Venusian flora and an impossible fauna of invented animals much like those Rosa had embroidered on her tablecloth and Blanca baked in her kiln, she painted all the wishes, memories, sorrows, and joys of her childhood.†   (source)
  • And Brown, in the mid-April lull between midterms and finals, is bursting with flora on the freshly cut main green and students convinced that they are, finally, at their best.†   (source)
  • Waterfalls played musically among the flora in the reception area of the city's most exclusive salon.†   (source)
  • Huge papier-maché flora hung in varying shades of green splendor among sequin-dusted branches and rocks.†   (source)
  • The flora here did not wait long to reclaim any land that was left unguarded.†   (source)
  • You need to judge how they handle the ride, the mount, and most who book here want some color, if you understand me, some talk of the area, the history, even flora and fauna.†   (source)
  • There may be many types of flora, but only the resident soil and climate provide for them, either richly or poorly or with indifference.†   (source)
  • Ed Ricketts, Whitey's Number One and Two, where's Sonny Boy, Ankle Varney, Jesus Maria Corcoran, Joe Portagee, Shorty Lee, Flora Wood, and that girl who kept spiders in her hat?†   (source)
  • Flora shook her head.†   (source)
  • So in the first weeks of school we began a zoo in the classroom, scoured the forest for various types of flora and fauna, planted a garden that would eventually be a cooperative, and took a deliriously happy walk through the woods to the beach, where we gathered sea animals washed ashore and swam fully clothed in the afternoon surf.†   (source)
  • 7, is mostly arctic-cold ocean and rock, with lichenous flora and no fauna of interest.†   (source)
  • And as Flora twirled, other girls and women came through the field in all directions.†   (source)
  • Flora Baumbach was relieved to hear Jake Wexler define the word as "cowardly."†   (source)
  • That would imply very little flora or fauna, which is obviously not the case here.†   (source)
  • Is this me you wrote about?' and Flora Lou say, 'No ma'am, I didn't write no book.†   (source)
  • "For the love of Pete," said Flora's mother in a strange and wooden voice.†   (source)
  • I gave Esme, Flora, Amelia, Chuy, Cha Cha and the others my sincerest hopes for the future.†   (source)
  • But Flora's actions gave me another idea: Why not have a school walkout like they did in East L.A.?†   (source)
  • Sensing that she was unwelcome at this end of the room, Flora Baumbach walked on.†   (source)
  • ' And then Miss Hester lay her head on the table and tell Flora Lou to finish the dishes.†   (source)
  • "Oh, just the local flora and fauna," Kate said, closing her notebook.†   (source)
  • "Well," said William Spiver, whose hand was still on Flora's shoulder.†   (source)
  • We can't do it without you," Flora said.†   (source)
  • DURING THE NIGHT Flora Baumbach's itsy-bitsy snowflings raged into a blizzard.†   (source)
  • Flora's mother never called Flora beautiful.†   (source)
  • Flora Lou got lucky, but what's gone happen next?†   (source)
  • People are still prejudiced here," said Flora.†   (source)
  • "Who's that attractive young woman talking with Flora Baumbach?"†   (source)
  • Dr. Meescham went into the kitchen, and Flora turned and looked at the couch.†   (source)
  • Not any more than Esme, Flora and the others.†   (source)
  • Flora Baumbach was taking her to the beauty parlor to have her singed hair cut off.†   (source)
  • It occurred to Flora that her father would make an excellent spy.†   (source)
  • He looked back and forth between Flora and William Spiver.†   (source)
  • Flora Baumbach bit her thumbnail to the quick.†   (source)
  • I smell squirrel and grape jelly" "Squirrel?" said Flora's mother.†   (source)
  • Flora Baumbach smiled and cried at the same time.†   (source)
  • And what Flora the Giant Ear heard was astonishing.†   (source)
  • Turtle slumped further into Flora Baumbach's arm.†   (source)
  • "That's right," Flora Baumbach said, handing Turtle a Westing Facial Tissue.†   (source)
  • "It's a squirrel poem," said Flora's mother.†   (source)
  • "That squid is a villain," said Flora out loud.†   (source)
  • Flora Baumbach lost her timidity; the judge let her chat away.†   (source)
  • Flora Baumbach loved her, she could tell.†   (source)
  • "I'm glad that you're not going to the South Pole, Flora Belle."†   (source)
  • Grace grabbed the theme and shook it at her daughter, who was being rocked in Flora Baumbach's arms.†   (source)
  • Flora realized that she wanted to go home, too.†   (source)
  • — "That's nice," Flora Baumbach said, not understanding a word of it.†   (source)
  • "Flora Belle," said William Spiver in a gentle voice.†   (source)
  • This is no small thing, to understand," Dr. Meescham said to Flora.†   (source)
  • Turtle laughed, Flora Baumbach tittered, and Grace Wexler again clicked her tongue, "Tsk!"†   (source)
  • Flora Baumbach may have been wrong about the murder, but she was not convinced of Turtle's plan.†   (source)
  • Flora's mother liked to point at things.†   (source)
  • Flora Baumbach cleared the catch in her throat.†   (source)
  • And Flora Buckman, holding her possibly concussed squirrel, ran with him.†   (source)
  • He was in bed, and Flora's feet were in his face.†   (source)
  • FLORA BAUMBACH (DRESSMAKING AND ALTERATIONS, REASONABLY PRICED) FOUND: SIX CLUES†   (source)
  • "I hate romance," said Flora out loud to herself.†   (source)
  • Flora Baumbach tightened her grip on Turtle, who was nestled in her arms.†   (source)
  • Flora Baumbach had given up dressmaking when she moved in with Turtle years ago.†   (source)
  • One more stone sank to the bottom of Flora's stomach.†   (source)
  • "Ouch, ouch, oooooh," said Flora's mother.†   (source)
  • "He said it's snowing," Theo and Flora Baumbach explained at the same time.†   (source)
  • Flora looked where William Spiver was looking.†   (source)
  • Flora Baumbach clapped a hand to her mouth on hearing "dastardly."†   (source)
  • Flora's father would have been appalled.†   (source)
  • Flora Baumbach screamed, and Turtle flung herself on the pile of money they had been counting.†   (source)
  • Flora Baumbach's answer was "Perhaps so.†   (source)
  • Which was an odd thing for her to say because Flora's mother was not, in any way, a napper.†   (source)
  • Flora kept looking behind them to see if they were being followed by the cops.†   (source)
  • But Flora Baumbach was right about the resemblance.†   (source)
  • Flora felt her heart lurch inside of her.†   (source)
  • Flora Baumbach slapped a wad of bills on the table and two clinking quarters.†   (source)
  • Hit the squirrel over the head with a shovel?" said Flora's father in a squeaky, despairing voice.†   (source)
  • "My, oh my," Flora Baumbach exclaimed, and Mrs. Wexler clicked her tongue in an irritated "tsk."†   (source)
  • "Doctor Deere is a brilliant young man," she explained for Flora Baumbach's ears.†   (source)
  • "We need a typewriter so that we can get to the truth," said Flora.†   (source)
  • "There's been an emergency," said Flora.†   (source)
  • "Tabitha-Ruth," replied Mrs. Wexler with a bewildered look at Flora Baumbach, who said 'Alice."†   (source)
  • He heard Flora's voice saying, Remember who you are.†   (source)
  • "Perhaps you've heard of Flora's Bridal Gowns?†   (source)
  • Flora Baumbach's hands were gentle, they never hurried or pulled a stray hair.†   (source)
  • "She said it would be easier without me," said Flora.†   (source)
  • Flora Baumbach was the only heir to cry.†   (source)
  • On Flora's shoulder, the squirrel trembled.†   (source)
  • Her big Marie Antoinette hair scraped against Flora's chin.†   (source)
  • "But am and o are separate clues," Flora Baumbach said.†   (source)
  • "Oh my, oh my, just listen to you," Flora Baumbach said.†   (source)
  • Flora's father was an accountant at the firm Flinton, Flosston, and Frick.†   (source)
  • But Flora Baumbach played fair and kept the secret to herself.†   (source)
  • Flora was sitting up front and Ulysses's head was out the window.†   (source)
  • Flora's heart protested with a small thud of fear.†   (source)
  • "Oh my," Flora Baumbach exclaimed as Turtle suddenly bolted from her arms.†   (source)
  • "That's my daughter, Rosalie," Flora Baumbach said.†   (source)
  • Flora turned and said to Tootie, "Bring the lamp!†   (source)
  • Turtle sat quietly; it was Flora Baumbach's turn to weep.†   (source)
  • The word cryptic popped into Flora's head.†   (source)
  • Flora Baumbach squeezed her eyes together and screwed up her face.†   (source)
  • A waitress sat Flora and her father at a booth in the corner and handed them glossy, enormous menus.†   (source)
  • "Whom do you think it would be wise to call in this matter of the tripping?" said Flora's father.†   (source)
  • "He's such a nice boy," Flora Baumbach remarked.†   (source)
  • Flora narrowed her eyes and stared at the lamp.†   (source)
  • "My pearls," Flora Baumbach exclaimed with delight.†   (source)
  • "The last one alive wins," Flora Baumbach repeated.†   (source)
  • And speaking of treacherousness, things were not, in any way, progressing as Flora had planned.†   (source)
  • "It's time to do what needs to be done," said Flora's mother.†   (source)
  • Calling her Flora would spoil everything.†   (source)
  • Flora Baumbach caught a glimpse of SEA 5$8.†   (source)
  • She reached out and yanked Flora over the threshold of 267 and into the apartment.†   (source)
  • Ulysses leaped off Flora's shoulder and into her lap.†   (source)
  • "Well," said Flora, "it was the name of the vacuum cleaner that almost killed him."†   (source)
  • Flora suddenly felt like she might cry, too.†   (source)
  • "Certainly, certainly," said Flora's father.†   (source)
  • "I'm hoping that you can understand me," said Flora.†   (source)
  • I would like to speak to your daughter, Flora Belle.†   (source)
  • " 'Flare up like flame,' " said Flora's father.†   (source)
  • "Pop," said Flora, "I need to talk to you."†   (source)
  • Flora Belle Buckman was in her room at her desk.†   (source)
  • "Do you believe in, urn, things?" said Flora.†   (source)
  • He walked with Flora into the living room.†   (source)
  • "I'll just get him off the lamp, okay?" said Flora.†   (source)
  • "Read it one more time," said William Spiver to Flora.†   (source)
  • As if Flora had heard his unspoken question, she answered him, "You're Ulysses!"†   (source)
  • "I promise to always turn back toward you," Flora had said.†   (source)
  • Flora didn't bother pointing out to him that the world was a treacherous place when you could see.†   (source)
  • Was it Flora's job to believe in Ulysses?†   (source)
  • Who, Flora wondered, is doing the dunking?†   (source)
  • 'And when I returned and you weren't there …." said Flora's mother.†   (source)
  • "I'll get you some gloves," said Flora's mother.†   (source)
  • Flora's mother and father entered the kitchen together.†   (source)
  • Flora's mother walked out of the kitchen and closed the door behind her.†   (source)
  • Flora's heart thudded again, a different kind of thud.†   (source)
  • "For the love of Pete!" said Flora again.†   (source)
  • Flora's heart leaped up high in her chest.†   (source)
  • Flora's heart, the lonely, many-armed squid of it, flipped and flailed inside of her.†   (source)
  • "It's a poem," said Flora's mother, "by Ulysses.†   (source)
  • Flora realized that she was shouting the tiniest bit.†   (source)
  • As he backed out of the driveway, Flora saw William Spiver standing in Tootie's front yard.†   (source)
  • Flora was certain that this was a true and genuine emergency, an absolute and undeniable crime.†   (source)
  • After her strange mother climbed the stairs, Flora pulled back Ulysses's chair.†   (source)
  • Having located the correct word, Flora felt a sudden need to say the word aloud.†   (source)
  • "Does rabies itch?" said Flora's father.†   (source)
  • Flora was pleased to note that he looked properly surprised and shocked.†   (source)
  • "I'd like to read your poetry, Tootie," said Flora.†   (source)
  • Of course, Flora's father had been pushed to the brink, too.†   (source)
  • Ulysses shifted underneath Flora's pajamas.†   (source)
  • —Flare up like flame'!" said Flora's father from the front seat.†   (source)
  • I doubt it very seriously" "Will you please, please shut up, William Spiver?" said Flora.†   (source)
  • Flora's mother shouted from the kitchen.†   (source)
  • "You didn't answer my question, William Spiver," said Flora.†   (source)
  • Flora Belle's father is coming to pick her up for their Saturday visit.†   (source)
  • The opera music was very loud now Flora looked down at the hand that was on her arm.†   (source)
  • Flora sat up and looked down at her feet.†   (source)
  • "I don't think so," said Flora's father.†   (source)
  • —I've dreamed of you for all eternity — "Ooooh," said Flora's mother.†   (source)
  • Flora bent over Ulysses and put a finger on his chest.†   (source)
  • Flora's father took off his hat and bowed to the lamp.†   (source)
  • There was only one William that Flora knew.†   (source)
  • Flora stood and went to the door and opened it.†   (source)
  • "How did it get in here?" shouted Flora's mother.†   (source)
  • "Holy unanticipated occurrences," said Flora's father in the voice of Dolores.†   (source)
  • Ulysses looked at William Spiver and then over at Flora.†   (source)
  • "I don't think you have a brain tumor," said Flora.†   (source)
  • Ulysses looked up at Flora, and then he looked down at his tail.†   (source)
  • It had been a long time since Flora had heard her father say those words.†   (source)
  • Flora would miss those shadows when she moved away.†   (source)
  • Mary Ann was looking at Flora and her mother with a jaded and judgmental eye.†   (source)
  • The only reason I am here, Flora Belle, is that I came looking for you.†   (source)
  • Ulysses shifted his position on Flora's shoulder.†   (source)
  • Flora's heart thudded once and then dropped all the way down to her toes.†   (source)
  • Flora's heart was actually glad to see William Spiver.†   (source)
  • And then her mother shouted, "That's not funny, Flora Belle.†   (source)
  • Flora felt a wave of anger roll through her.†   (source)
  • They were in the front seat, all four of them: Tootie, Mary Ann, Flora, and William Spiver.†   (source)
  • Flora's father's hands were on the steering wheel at ten o'clock and two.†   (source)
  • I say those words to you now, Flora Belle.†   (source)
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