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Alone on the parched plains of Somalia or the Sudan, they lack the strength to lift even a kernel of precious grain.
During summer, the terrain is parched, while at other times of the year it’s often covered with snow.
And Orrin Hatch, senior senator from the parched state of Utah, has introduced a bill that would allow federal courts to prosecute offenders.
But risking holiday sentimentality (with the ready-made excuse that it's just the chestnut stuffing talking), I'd like to mention some things I'm thankful for, like Tim Carvell's two (!) responses involving pushing people or poultry out of airplanes; Jennifer Miller's two (!) bits of self-revelation about her dark and ferocious inner life and apartment; Larry Amaros' determination that the Olsen twins wander parched and frightened, not merely in the Serengeti but during the dry season.
Subsequent floods and earthquakes left the parched Badlands of the Red Deer River Valley as a protective crust, preserving the skeletons of the dinosaurs.