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Sometimes Poppy doesn't remember.(short story)
Magazine article from: Children's Playmate; 9/1/1994; ; 243 words
; I visited Poppy today. He was sitting in his favorite blue chair. I said, Hi, Poppy! Poppy smiled and said, Hi, Davey! My name isn't Davey. That's my uncle's name. My name is Timmy, but sometimes Poppy doesn't remember. But that's OK. I know he loves...
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Poppy.(actress Poppy Montgomery)(Interview)
Magazine article from: Interview; 4/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...starred in it) - here she tells us about Poppyness Poppy cheers me up. I first met Poppy Petal Montgomery at the audition for the TV series...was feeling both pleased and a little lest when Poppy led me to the bar in the ABC complex, where we stayed...
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Blue Poppy Celebrates its 20th Anniversary.(Blue Poppy Enterprises Inc.)
Magazine article from: Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients; 4/1/2002; 240 words
; With the beginning of the new year, Blue Poppy enterprises, inc. celebrates its 20th year...acupuncturists Bob Flaws and Honora Wolfe began Blue Poppy Press in 1982 out of their tiny two room...one at a time. Twenty years later, Blue Poppy is the largest English language publisher...
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Donald Sultan at Knoedler. (New York).(exhibition of poppy paintings)
Magazine article from: Art in America; 7/1/2003; ; 390 words
; Donald Sultan's massive new poppy paintings extend beyond the familiar...with the tar on which Sultan draws the poppy images. The floral forms are excavated...suggests the pollen on the anthers at a poppy's heart. He selectively torches the surrounding...
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Sales of poppies biggest in history.
Newspaper article from: Hartlepool Mail (Hartlepool, England); 12/14/2007; 254 words
; POPPY sales have raised [pounds sterling]27,000 for people affected by military conflicts. The people of Hartlepool have been praised for their outstanding response to this year's poppy appeal. The money raised from poppy sales is the highest ever in town by the Royal British Legion. It beats the previous ...
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Clumsy as a ... poppy?(Ask Arizona)
Magazine article from: Highlights for Children; 4/1/2008; ; 675 words
; ...know just how clumsy I was until I had to be a poppy. You see, I played the part of a poppy flower in The Wizard of Oz. There's a scene where...sweet As you sleep on and on. After we learned the poppy song, we had to learn the poppy dance. That's...
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Poppy Day preparations in Ballymena.
Newspaper article from: Ballymena Times (Ballymena, Northern Ireland); 10/29/2007; 427 words
; ...Branch of the Royal British Legion's annual Poppy Appeal this Saturday, November 3. The launch will take place at the Poppy Shop, at Ballymena Services Club, with the appeal running until November 12. The Poppy Shop will be open for purchase of Poppies...
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Poppy stalwart Mary's farewell.
Newspaper article from: Market Rasen Mail (Market Rasen, England); 11/6/2007; 325 words
; A poppy collector from Walesby has chalked up half...a sad fact that many of our long-standing Poppy Appeal collectors are no longer able to collect...we seek to recruit younger and more active Poppy people to our cause, he said. It is The Royal...
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Poppy Appeal tops average by [pounds sterling]10,000.
Newspaper article from: Scarborough Evening News (Scarborough, England); 7/17/2008; 264 words
; SCARBOROUGH'S Poppy Appeal raised [pounds sterling]39,707 - smashing the national average by nearly [pounds sterling]10,000. The Poppy Year 2007-2008 ended on May 31 and the new Poppy Year has now begun, as from June 1. The appeal is organised...
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Farmers growing opium poppies to help with medicines.
Newspaper article from: Market Rasen Mail (Market Rasen, England); 7/16/2008; 378 words
; ...The unmistakable lilac shade of the opium poppy can be seen growing in fields around some...our production and we need to develop the poppy crop. Fields of opium poppies - papaver...some years. Fact file: ? Each single opium poppy flower can produce 10,000 seeds and they...
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Opium Poppy
Book article from: Plant Sciences
Opium Poppy The opium poppy ( Papaver somniferum ) was known to humans before the time of the Greeks...treat pain and dysentery. The time and place of the origin of the opium poppy is a mystery. It probably arose in central Europe during the late Bronze...
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poppy
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
poppy Any annual or perennial plant of the genus Papaver, family Papaveraceae, or any related...sepals; all produce the milky sap, latex . The unripe capsules of the Asian opium poppy are used to produce the drug opium . Plants closely related to the true poppy include the California poppy and the ...
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poppy oil
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
poppy oil. Oil extracted from poppy seeds, one of the most popular of the drying oils used as a medium...19th century and for a time during the second half of that century poppy oil was much used by commercial colourmen.
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poppy seed
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
poppy seed Seeds of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum , used mixed with honey in cakes, and as a flavouring on the crust of bread and rolls. Also called maw seed.
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tall poppy syndrome
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
tall poppy syndrome a perceived tendency to discredit or disparage those who have achieved notable wealth or prominence in public life; with allusion to the idea of the poppy as a flower whose showy appearance does not represent real worth.
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