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'Corpse flower,' Legislature giving off a similar stink

By David Shapiro

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, May 19, 2012

~~<p>The air was nasty and cosmic catastrophe loomed as we &quot;flASHback&quot; on the week's news that amused and confused:</p>
<p>&raquo; Visitors descended on Foster Botanical Gardens to sniff the foul bloom of the Amorpho&shy;phallus titanum &mdash; also known as &quot;big stinky&quot; or the &quot;corpse flower.&quot; It was a perfect chance for political junkies to wean themselves off the Legislature.</p>
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The air was nasty and cosmic catastrophe loomed as we "flASHback" on the week's news that amused and confused:

» Visitors descended on Foster Botanical Gardens to sniff the foul bloom of the Amorpho­phallus titanum — also known as "big stinky" or the "corpse flower." It was a perfect chance for political junkies to wean themselves off the Legislature. Login for more...



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