Created by Stuart Woods. Outspoken STONE BARRINGTON is the son of two rebellious parents who were disinherited by their own parents -- both wealthy western Massachusetts families in the textile business -- the father, because he was sympathetic to communist views and wanted to work with his hands; the mother, because she married his father.
Several words are frequently used in the vocabulary of the natural hair movement: 1  curly girl: Black woman who wears her hair in its naturally coiled texture.  big chop: The big chop consists of cutting one's chemically straightened hair to let it grow in its natural texture.
Leaf curl, or leaf roll, is a natural response of the tomato plant to a sudden period of unusually warm weather. The leaf curl is a natural physiological response during hot weather. The plant senses that top growth has exceeded root growth, resulting in rolled leaves, which reduces growth until the roots catch up with the above ground growth.