It turns out that this tree is also an urban specimen or rather has become one.
And he asked the man, how long before this tree yields fruit?
And this tree is, every year, a present from the people of the City of Oslo to the people of London.
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Maybe if me jump up and down, me can shake fruit out of this tree, the fuzzy blue monster says to his television viewers.
When completed, this tree had sprouted branches representing all the main language groups in modern Europe: Romance, Celtic, Germanic, Slavic and so on.
For most of the 40, 000 people working on this tree-lined campus - and yes, it does feel like a university - are engineers with a degree or often a Master's.
Fortuny's family tree is reproduced on a wall at the entrance of the exhibit, and it is the fruit of this tree that so elegantly fills two floors at the institute.
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She put a metal sign at the base of the tree, explaining its origins -- that this tree grew out of tragedy and was now probably the best and sturdiest plant in the yard.
The old watchman sat under this tree, and Nawab and the other younger men would sit with him at dusk, teasing him, trying to make his violent temper flare up, and joking around with one another.
So could this good tree gone bad be doomed to a hopeless place?
This paperbark tree, we call it 'the tree with a thousand uses'.
And now, to the serious business of pressing the button and lighting this beautiful tree. (Applause.) So, guys, come up here.
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The theoretical component of the course included training in how to set up and run a small business, in this case tree nurseries.
It is an apt place to browse this fossilised tree resin that resembles gemstones, as the majority of the world's amber is found along the shores of the Baltic Sea.
But though the picture lies thus tranced, and though this pine-tree shakes down its sighs like leaves upon this shepherd's head, yet all were vain, unless the shepherd's eye were fixed upon the magic stream before him.
By contrast, there will be fewer consumer electronics presents under the tree this year: Sales will slip 2.8 percent from the year-ago period, IBM predicts.
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That means there may not be a mountain of gifts beneath the tree this year, but, instead, a few carefully selected items that will hold or appreciate in value.
To bring this (money) tree back to health, a severe pruning will be required.
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For those not fortunate enough to have Hollywood running through your family tree, this book may be the next best thing.
Recently reclaimed by Historical Woods of America, this amazing horse chestnut tree has provided the wood for a rare and unique creation by William Henry.
Growers like Mr. Cheek say there is also reason to be optimistic about sales this year, since there has been some good weather on key tree-buying weekends this month and an apparent fondness among 20-somethings to buy real trees, even if they are table-top size.
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According to Nielsen Bookscan, only 23% of total dead-tree book sales this year come from hardcover books.
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This is the Golden Palm Tree Resort and Spa, a luxurious Maldivian-style, over-water villa complex, just off the coast of Selangor in Malaysia.
This very special Joining Forces tree is covered with hand-decorated ornaments made by military children living in U.S. bases around the world.
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As soon as you've confirmed your arrival to this stone manor in the tree-dotted countryside, lend your ears to sounds that don't require a plug-in.
So far this year, the Wisdom Tree India ( EPI) exchange traded fund is up 0.21 percent, beating the MSCI Emerging Markets index which is down by 0.3 percent.
It then used this information to construct a family tree that placed them into clusters.
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