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curly top [′kər·lē ‚täp] (plant pathology) A virus disease of sugarbeets and certain other plants that is transmitted by a leafhopper; affected plants are dwarfed and have curled, upturned leaves. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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She points out that the work by Taylor and Pang gives a much different view of hula than that held by most Mainlanders--the hip-swaying hula popularized and stereo-typed decades ago by Hollywood through Jeanette MacDonald in Let's Go Native (1930) and Shirley Temple in Curly Top (1935), or in songs like Honolulu Hula Girl, written to entertain tourists and radio audiences. |
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