teasle

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any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts

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Jackson captured the two male birds, using spring-loaded traps he made by hand, with teasle seeds which are only eaten by goldfinches.

Pigeon fancier trapped finches

Rambo continues on into the nearby town called Hope, where he is confronted by the local sheriff, Will Teasle (Brian Dennehy).

As is typical of most films of this sub-cycle, Rambo regroups, "gears up," and plans his final assault on his enemy, Sheriff Teasle. First Blood concludes with an explosive shoot-out between Rambo and Teasle in which half of the town of Hope is destroyed.

Bodies, bullets, and bad guys: elements of the hardbody film

Suddenly the lyrics of Dan Hill's It's a Long Road echoed in my head, the finale of a 1982 movie Rambo: First Blood, directed by Ted Kotcheff starring a very young Sylvester Stallone as Rambo.Arguably the best of the Stallone cinematic canon First Blood is a potent movie with deep social and political undertones that mirror the anguish and suffering of the masses.This 97-minutes action-drama stars Richard Crenna, Chris Mulkey, David Caruso, Jack Starrett and Brian Dennehy as Sheriff Will Teasle, a bigoted law enforcement officer of Hope, a quiet town.

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Before the seed pods split, pick stems of plants like teasle and love-in-the-mist.

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