This evening, in Midland Beach, New York, on a street lined with houses and businesses devastated by the storm, a great big Christmas tree shines out of the darkness.

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Living in the country is great for tree-climbing and composting, however, there are some drawbacks.

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Snobs on its face would seem to be a facile story about a striving, dopey girl who marries for status in a somewhat backwards British society where status of the family tree kind still matters a great deal.

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And the idea of anthropogenic climate change rests on a great deal more than just tree-ring records, useful as they are for providing context to the current warming.

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The most fitting is the simple and elegant phrase, 'A great tree has fallen.

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The rich, tree-free prairie soil was great for farming, but lumber had to be imported for houses and barns.

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The tree itself, a Norwegian spruce (Picea abies), is chosen with great care.

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The 5 complementary posters provide a wealth of information, both in Khmer and English, on the characteristics of the flooded forest ecosystem, as well as specific tree, bush, vine and aquatic species that can be found in the great lake.

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With a need this great, customers ready to pay and no existing solution, the vision for his current venture was clear: Tree maintenance!

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