You make it plain, though, that money does not grow even on tropical trees or in holes in the ground, whatever their contents.

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We made the journey in three 4x4 Unicef vehicles bumping along the red dirt roads through the lush green tropical landscape - trees packed with bananas, oranges and lemons.

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Sam's is on Arthur Godfrey Rd, the heart of the local Jewish scene, a place that sort of resembles a Semitic corner of Brooklyn left to tan in the tropical sun with palm trees and a pair of Ray Bans.

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Lofty palm trees and emerald tropical plants dot the sidewalks and the charming plazas.

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Pine seeds swept into Zambales, giving birth to an alien nation of evergreen trees on a tropical beach more likely to host a string of palms.

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We ended up in a local outdoor cafe with banana trees and various leafy tropical plants, Brazilian hostesses (ahem) and locally inspired cuisine.

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Professor Alexander Trees and his team from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the University of Liverpool's faculty of veterinary science, found that killing bacteria which are abundant in the worm tissues leads to its death.

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Gibbons are at home in the high canopy of tropical forests, but they are relatively heavy and the gaps between trees are too large to travel by swinging alone.

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One million trees will be planted in Uganda to sustain an area of tropical forest in Africa the size of Wales.

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Connecticut suffered greatly in 2011 from the effects of Tropical Storm Irene and the October snowstorm which left over two feet on the ground and downed thousands of trees that Irene kindly spared.

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