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… words, “In overthrowing me you have to cut down in St. Domingue only the trunk of the tree of liberty; it will spring up again from the roots, for they are many and they are deep.” …

… to safer ground as wind and water threatened all he had: rice fields on 2 acres, some coconut trees and a little house. He stayed there as the tempest wound its gnarled hand around a coconut …

… the region's Leyte Island, inundating villages and leaving them scattered with rubble, felled trees and posts, and scores of corpses. Much of the relief efforts have been focused on Tacloban … the retreat center. Most of the families rely on coconut and rice farming, and "even coconut trees have been knocked down, so they are helpless right now," he said. Ombrog appealed to Lite …

… They were, for all practical purposes, public sinners. So what happens? Zacchaeus is in the tree watching for Jesus, and when Jesus comes along, Jesus has been looking for him ... because … us closer to God. Jesus was already looking for Zacchaeus before Zacchaeus ever climbed that tree. As Jesus comes along, he looks up and spots Zacchaeus because he's looking for him. He's …

… the poor ( Once Upon a Gospel , Twenty-Third Publications,  2008). When Zacchaeus climbed a tree to see Jesus, and when Jesus called him down and invited himself to his home, bystanders …

… in the crowd that kept me from seeing Jesus. A few of my classmates played the role of the tree. The choreography required balance, agility and a lightness that didn't just come from my …

… were moments during the gale that we thought it might never die down. You could hear the big trees crashing in the park. You could see the water rising on Second Avenue. I had a group of …

… to higher ground -- the town's municipal building -- was only a bus ride away. But with downed trees, hurricane-force winds and doors that no one could get open, the frightened masses inside …

… by a pristine, old-growth forest containing almost 100 native oak, tulip, and black tupelo trees estimated to be at least 150 years old. Some trees are believed to be between 300 and 400 years old, dating back to the island's … trees merits protection by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, which can designate a tree an official city landmark if it "has a special character, and special historical and …

… and laugh and cry and remember. We go out to the cemetery, where the wind sculpts the brave trees our brave grandparents planted. We drive around town as my sister points out the homes of …