Latterly the visibility, due to the dense haze, had been poor indeed—they had to practically contour chase portions of the way in order to keep the road in sight. All hands, however, were glad to be on the job after the long flight from Melbourne […]

In some European states, however, the reverse applies and the rights of national minorities (in Belgium and Switzerland, for example) have long been recognised but an accommodation of immigrants and a more polyethnic society has been far less forthcoming.

… the meadows roughen, grow gutteral / with goldenrod, milkweed's late-summer lilac, / cat-tails, the wild lily brazening, / dooryards overflowing in late, rough-headed bloom: …

New strains of cannabis such as skunk are certainly selectively cultivated but are not genetically modified; there are no clandestine biotechnicians altering the DNA of cannabis plants.