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Although I was born in Los Angeles in 1942 my parents had moved there as part of the war effort, working in aircraft plants and raising poinsettias in greenhouses for the soldiers my family soon moved to Little Rock, Arkansas, where my dad got into the grocery business.
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My campaign slogan would be eat more plants!
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When my family and I toed our way through the Boundary Waters of the northern reaches of Minnesota, my brother and I found a stand of pitcher plants growing out of a moldering mat of reeds and moss, and because of this book, I had the theory of ecological succession right in the front of my brain.
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My two brothers are on the balcony, grafting bean plants for a science project.
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We'll -- we'll -- my friends, we'll build more nuclear power plants.
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"There were certain things that grabbed my interest, such as photosynthesis, such as us living off plants and plants living off us, " he said.
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There is a great deal of debate over nuclear power, including whether we should use it or not, where plants should be located (NIMBY - not in my back yard is a common theme).
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My hosts at Majdac farm show me a list of a dozen different plants - including balm mint, dandelion, dog rose, thyme, nettles and two types of violet - that make the delicious tisane that is offered instead of tea.
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In fact, it was the first thing I won in my life, ever, apart from a book about how to grow pot plants.
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With respect to the history of fighting poverty, I got my start in public service as a community organizer working in the shadow steel plants that had been closed in some of the poorest neighborhoods on the South Side of Chicago.
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