Besides showing no inclination, apparently, to absent himself from his native region even for short periods, and in addition writing a shelf of books set in the region, he has handled in those books an astonishingly complete list of matters which have been important in the South during the past hundred years.

Though the subject -- segregation in her native South -- has been thoroughly worked, Miss McCullers uses her poet's instinct and storyteller's skill to reaffirm her place at the very top of modern American writing.

Agapanthus, native to South Africa, is the sole genus of the subfamily.

), is a species of tree native to the Middle East and South Asia.

In 1886, Jules Marcou said Vespucci renamed himself from Alberigo Vespucci ( Albericus Vespucius ) to Amerigo Vespucci after meeting the native inhabitants of the eponymous Amerrique mountain ranges of Nicaragua that connect North America and South America, an important geographic feature of New World maps and charts.

Agapanthus umbellatus ) is a native of the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.

The better known of the two, Amaryllis belladonna, is a native of South Africa, particularly the rocky southwest region near the Cape.

They reproduce slowly either by bulb division or seeds and have gradually naturalized from plantings in urban and suburban areas throughout the lower elevations and coastal areas in much of the West Coast of the USA since these environments mimic their native South African habitat.

Records from the early 19th century survive to this day describing the distinct dialect that had surfaced in the colonies since first settlement in 1788, with Peter Miller Cunningham's 1827 book Two Years in New South Wales, describing the distinctive accent and vocabulary of the native born colonists, different from that of their parents and with a strong London influence.

With about 6 million native speakers in South Africa, or 13. 3 percent of the population, it is the third most spoken mother tongue in the country.

Black symbolizes the native black people of South Africa, green represents the land and gold represents the mineral and other natural wealth of South Africa.

However, former California Governor Jerry Brown was scoring victories and Clinton had yet to win a significant contest outside his native South.

However, when observing the native bees in the Canterbury province in the South Island, the scientists were astonished to see the bees biting the top off the buds, then pushing with their legs, occasionally popping open the buds to allow the bees to harvest the nectar and pollen, and therefore aid in the pollination of the mistletoe which is in decline in New Zealand.

Many regions, notably Canada, Australia, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Malaysia, Singapore and the Caribbean, have developed their own native varieties of the language.

Southern Hemisphere native varieties of English began to develop during the 18th century, with the colonisation of Australasia and South Africa.

Small communities of native English speakers can be found in Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia ; the dialects spoken are similar to South African English.

South Asian English phonology is highly variable ; stress, rhythm and intonation are generally different from those of native varieties.

The organization is active in integrating olim from South America and the former Soviet Union into Israeli society -- native Israelis and olim from non-English speaking countries now make up about 60 % of the Israeli Masorti population, the remaining 40 % are North American olim.

The cane toad ( Bufo marinus ), also known as the giant neotropical toad or marine toad, is a large, terrestrial true toad which is native to Central and South America, but has been introduced to various islands throughout Oceania and the Caribbean.

The cane toad is native to the Americas, and its range stretches from the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas to the central Amazon and southeastern Peru.

In addition, there are between 350, 000 and 400, 000 native African adherents in East, Central and South Africa.

The dhole ( Cuon alpinus ), also called the Asiatic wild dog or Indian wild dog, is a species of canid native to South and Southeast Asia.

Francisco de Orellana, yet another lieutenant of Francisco Pizarro from the Spanish city of Trujillo, put down the native rebellion and in 1537 reestablished this city, which a century later would become one of Spain's principal ports in South America.

Hangul ( ; transcribed as Han-geul in South Korea ), also known as Chosŏn ' gŭl () in North Korea, is the native alphabet of the Korean language.

Cake was formed in 1991 when John McCrea, a Sacramento native who had moved to Los Angeles with a band only to see it " quickly crumble around him ", returned to Sacramento.

Sterling lobbied the NBA to relocate the team to his native Los Angeles.

They hired former All-Star ( and Los Angeles native ) Dennis Johnson as an assistant coach, as well as Hall of Fame former Laker great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to help tutor second-year center Michael Olowokandi.

* Los Angeles native Belinda Carlisle's album Runaway Horses mentions "... kisses hotter than the Santa Ana Winds " in the song Summer Rain.

In 2009 Verónica Castro went back to telenovelas, and left her native Mexico for Argentina to film the telenovela Los Exitosos Pérez.

* Tim Cavanaugh ( born 1967 ), a Los Angeles Times editor, is a Margate native and was an MCBP lifeguard.

Mike Scioscia, manager of the Major League Baseball team the Los Angeles Angels and former professional baseball player, is a native of Morton.

* Chuck Knox ( born 1932 ), American football coach with the Los Angeles Rams, Buffalo Bills, and Seattle Seahawks ; attended Juniata College and married a Huntingdon native

" La Onda " continued to surge in the early to mid 80s with the fusion progression of tejano music coming to the forefront regionally with " tejano ballad " songs like Espejismo's hit " Somos Los Dos ", written and sung by McAllen native Rudy Valdez, and La Sombra with their Tex-Mex English & Spanish brand of tejano.

In the late 1960s, traditionalists such as Canned Heat ( from Los Angeles ), Creedence Clearwater Revival ( from El Cerrito, California ), and The Band ( Canadian, though drummer Levon Helm was a native Arkansan ) revived interest to the roots of rock and to Southern themes in Americana music.

* In 2000, Newman hosted a PBS special on Sunset Blvd, in his native Los Angeles.

The plot centers around Lord Douglas's arrival in Los Angeles from the family's native Scotland, in search of a First Lady to marry and return with him to Scotland.

Clarkson was a native of Los Angeles County.

Blind Melon formed in Los Angeles in March 1990 after West Point, Mississippi transplants Rogers Stevens and Brad Smith, a guitarist and bassist respectively, met vocalist Shannon Hoon, a native of Lafayette, Indiana.

The couple divide their time among Colagrande's native Italy, New York City, and Los Angeles, California.

Before a formula for gangsta rap had developed, artists such as the New York City-based Boogie Down Productions and Los Angeles native Ice-T implemented detailed observations of " street life ", while the chaotic, rough sounding production style of Public Enemy's records set new standards for hip hop production.

He moved to Los Angeles, California from his native Mexico when he was eight years old.

The Los Mochis native withdrew from the fight a few weeks in advance due to a cut he received while in training.

The Los Mochis native won the bout by KO in the first round.

Henry Rollins, a native of the D. C. hardcore scene, moved to Los Angeles in 1981 to join Black Flag.

By 1965, an influential group called Los Jairas formed in La Paz, Bolivia ; the quartet fused native sounds into forms suitable for urban Europeans and the middle class.

His body was buried on the grounds of the Palacete Los Moreau, an old " hacienda " restored as a museum, in his native town of Moca.

He moved from his native Mexico to pursue a career in Hollywood, before he died of a heart attack while dining at a restaurant in Los Angeles.

He is currently the first-base coach for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in MLB, and also for the Estrellas Orientales ( Eastern Stars ) in his native Dominican Republic's Winter League.