On 4, 000 sun-baked acres of mesquite, blackbrush and cactus 60 miles south of San Antonio, Tex.
People in Mexico often joke that Carlos Slim owns every cactus in the country.
At 5 feet 11 and 130 pounds, Abdirahman is more telephone pole than cactus.
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The roof, which is made largely of dirt as well, began with one small cactus planted in it.
Even the Cubs, a Cactus League team with a strong national brand, don't command those kinds of prices.
There might be a funfair en route, with neon-lit rides and stands selling crucifix waffles and cooked cactus snacks.
Newcomers need to learn to love the saguaro cactus, he says, rather than planting eucalyptus, olive and mulberry trees.
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I'm hoping that one of those 200-seat rooms you are going to play might be the Cactus, here in Austin.
But KUT has taken over management of the Cactus, and they're working out an agreement with the University of Texas.
One of his favorite beverages to make is called Prickly Haired Cactus Mead, similar to beer but made with honey.
Foley had so much personality that he brought multiple characters to life during his illustrious career, including Mankind and Cactus Jack.
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Agave cactus is even more productive, and well adapted to desert environments.
The handle for Dennis the Menace figurine is the shape of his dog, Gnasher, while Desperate Dan has a potted cactus handle.
Ms. MERRITT: Oh, you know, I had heard the Cactus was closing.
Also Abdi Abdirahman, he's a favorite in the 10, 000 meter, the man they call the Black Cactus, which is a pretty awesome nickname.
All of the books, cards and paper are handmade using natural fibres such as flowers, sugar cane, banana leaves, cactus and coconut husk.
With grass scarce, hay prices became too costly, forcing some ranchers to feed their cattle a mixture of prickly pear cactus and molasses.
Georgia's Newt Gingrich could become the first Speaker to tempt fate in this fashion since John Nance "Cactus Jack" Garner, D-Texas, in 1932.
What was the point, Candy had whined, as Marjorie finished off the hem, breathing heavily through her nose, her mouth a cactus of pins.
It was after his run-in with the cactus on No. 9 that McIlroy made his move, shooting a 4-under 32 on the back nine.
With Matthew Lillard, Adrian Lester, Natascha McElhone, and Alicia Silverstone, who bravely tackles the Shakespearean pentameter as if she were being asked to eat cactus.
The Mojave is filled with cactus plants, boulders, ravines and ruts.
The valley seemed barren now, he said, but in the spring, after a dusting of rain, it would be bright with cactus blossoms and yellow creosote.
Harten said he instructed Flight 1549 -- which used the call sign Cactus 1549 -- to climb to 15, 000 feet, then turned his attention to another aircraft.
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"You might want to send guys around the other way, it's really tight here in Cactus Park, " he said using "Cactus" the US Airways radio call sign.
Other companies and individuals have tried to trademark other Mexican symbols in the past, including Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico's national anthem, Montezuma's headdress, nopal (cactus) and tequila.
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"I shouldn't have been there anyways, so I guess it was deserved, getting a -- whatever it was -- off the cactus, " McIlroy said on the PGA Tour website.
The other three games that round out the top 10 are over in Arizona, where the San Francisco Giants have long reigned as the Cactus League's most popular team.
Tourists who visit the area must follow a narrow road through sage and cactus range that runs for miles toward a line of soft mountains in the east and south.
The Mail on Sunday claimed it had obtained a copy of a message sent by Eckoh to Cactus TV timed at 1709 GMT last Wednesday, listing 24 names and numbers.
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