The needlelike silvery green leaves are seldom bothered by pests or diseases, and the tiny berries that cling to the branches are beautiful as well as nutritious.
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_S . acre, or goldmoss sedum, is an evergreen perennial with tiny, plump needlelike leaves that densely cover 4-to 6-inch shoots.
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It quotes Mark Weisner, a Rice professor, as warning that nanotubes, because of their needlelike shape, could become " the next asbestos ."
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Their appearance is often considered attractive or appealing, and they may be sold in transparent containers, showing off, for example, the needlelike appearance of sodium sesquicarbonate crystals.
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Some doctors who have worked with patients whose cancer or asbestosis is blamed on tremolite, say the thin, needlelike shape of the tremolite fiber makes it one of the most lethal.
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This would have been possible because they did not branch until fully grown, and would have spent much of their lives as unbranched poles topped and surrounded by long grass / needlelike leaves.
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Juniperus communis, the source of commercial berries for culinary flavoring and, of course, gin, is an evergreen shrub that typically grows from 5 to 10 feet tall, with gray-green needlelike leaves.
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Under this management system, musicians, staff and board members participate in retreats and teams to focus with needlelike precision on strategies to increase ticket sales and attract a missing generation of classical music concertgoers from 30 to 45.
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Allium cristophii, also known as A . albopilosum and sometimes called the Star of Persia, has clusters of particularly needlelike pale purple petals, each cluster radiating around a green center, but all of those listed by Van Etten are possibilities.
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Although this can strike news professionals as a haystack approach to disclosure in their search for needlelike facts, Davis noted that it serves the White House needs to pre-empt revelation by congressional investigators and to build as full a public record as feasible.
