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C8 eZ su THE WASHINGTON POST.TUESDAy, MARCH 3 , 2020

ACROSS 1 Not very spicy 5 Time and again, to a bard 8 Stage surprise 13 More reasonable 14 Give in to jet lag 15 Far from posh 16 Steinway parts 18 Whack, biblically 19 Space-saving abbr. 20 Mayberry kid 21 Bk. before Philippians 22 Cajun crustacean 24 Lowlifes 28 Bell-shaped lily 29 Hobbyist’s blade 31 Laura of “Marriage Story” 33 BMW competitor 34 Merged comm. giant 35 “A re you serious?” 39 Awareness- raising TV ad 42 Lose stamina 43 A whole lot 46 Cartoon character who is five apples tall 50 Chase scene maneuvers, slangily 52 Some bottled waters 53 Most tidy 55 Arcing shot 56 Fleshy facial feature 57 Student advocacy org. 58 Off-the-cushion pool shot 60 Receives a go-ahead ... and a hint to what’s hidden in 16-, 29 -, 35- and 46 -Across 62 Render weaponless 63 Maiden name lead-in 64 Country rocker Steve 65 Jam-packed 66 FedEx rival 67 React to yeast

DOWN 1 Restaurant host 2 Like most pet birds 3 Writer Deighton 4 Dickens’ “The Mystery of Edwin __” 5 Upstate New York lake 6 Actress Dunaway 7 Playfully pranks, for short 8 Stubborn equine 9 Cut down to size 10 German city where Wagner was born 11 Crime after a data breach, perhaps 12 “See ya” 13 Architectural details 17 Title planet in a 2001 sci-fi film 23 In need of patching 24 __ finder: car- penter’s tool 25 Wine city near Sacramento

26 Just managing, with “out” 27 Witness 30 Coast Guard Academy student 32 “__ your life!” 36 Dee who sang with Elton 37 Spring flower 38 Joint ailment 39 Prof.’s degree

40 Maritime route 41 Concession speech deliverer 44 Paging gadgets 45 Ventricular contraction 47 Hercules’ 12 challenges 48 Low-risk govt. securities

49 Evergreens used for archery bows 51 Buffy’s weapon of choice 54 Make changes to 56 Wrangler maker 58 Bovine chew 59 French Mrs. 60 Oxlike antelope 61 Yokohama yes

LA TIMES CROSSWORD By Gail Grabowski and Bruce Venzke

MONDAY’S LA TIMES SOLUTION

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TODAY A lot of clouds hover above, there is a chance of showers, and highs could reach almost 60 degrees. IllustrAtIon by nAndIn enKHAbAyAr, 6, ArlIngton

CHIP SAYS In 1977, Wangari Maathai wanted to stop deforestation in Kenya. she encouraged women to plant trees in their neighborhoods. over time, they planted more than 30 million trees, and she won the nobel peace prize.

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BY MARYLOU TOUSIGNANT

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ay the phrase “female environmental pioneers,” and among the names you will hear are rachel Car- son, who wrote about pes- ticides; chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall; and 17-year-old climate- change activist Greta Thunberg. To mark Women’s History month, KidsPost is sharing the stories of three lesser-known but equally remarkable environmental t railblazers.

Insect lover Anna Botsford Comstock loved bugs, kids and the great outdoors. If you have enjoyed a nature field

trip or been on a Scout campout, tip y our cap to Comstock. Her 1911 “Handbook of Nature Study” b ecame the g o-to source f or teachers and others wanting to interest children in the beauty of the natural world. The book, up- dated several times, remains the backbone of many lesson plans about plants and animals, rocks and minerals, and Earth, the moon and the stars. Comstock’s s even science b ooks include “How to Keep Bees” and “Ways of the S ix-footed” ( insects). In “ The Pet Book,” a 300-page cata- logue of creatures ranging from alligators to toads, she wrote that having a pet teaches c hildren to be responsible. That’s an argument

pet-wanting kids still make with their parents. Comstock didn’t just write books. Her detailed drawings and wood engravings of hundreds of insects filled her books and those of her husband. The couple taught at C ornell University. In 1923, the League of Women Voters named Comstock o ne of the 12 greatest women in America whose work made the world a better place.

ocean explorer She didn’t know it then, but Sylvia Earle found her lifelong passion at age 3. She was playing at a beach when a wave snuck up and k nocked h er over.

For f emale e nvironmental pioneers,

protecting t he planet is second nature

KIp eVAns sylvia earle has spent thousands of hours exploring the oceans t o protect them from pollution and overfishing. “my mother... saw the big smile on my face and let me run back in,” E arle told a TV interview- er years later. “A nd I’ve been run- ning back in ever since.” Now 84, Earle has spent thousands of hours exploring the world’s oceans and working to protect t hem from pollution, overfishing and o ther threats. A pioneer in using scuba gear, which l ets divers breath u nderwa- ter, she holds the world record for deepest untethered walk on the ocean floor — 1,250 feet — during which s he planted a U.S. flag. In 1998, Time magazine gave her its first Heroes for the Planet award. She was the first female chief s cientist at t he National oce- anic and Atmospheric Adminis- tration. And she may be the only member of the National Women’s Hall of fame to have appeared in the c omic strip Sherman’s L agoon. To those who don’t understand why the ocean m atters, Earle says: “They should know that with ev- ery breath they take, e very drop o f water they drink, the ocean is touching them. You should treat the o cean as if your l ife depends o n it — b ecause it does.”

early recycler Plastic bags were piling up in the African village of Njau, Gambia. Goats and gardens were dying, mosquitoes were multiplying, and toxic fumes filled the air as people burned heaps of plastic trash. Isatou Ceesay (pronounced EYE-suh-too SEE-say) had an idea. S he started a recycling c enter to create a healthier environment and teach local women how to turn those plastic b ags into purses and wallets they could sell. (The story was turned into the picture book “one Plastic Bag.”) What Ceesay s tarted more than 20 years ago has put more than 2,000 women to work in 40 com- munities. They learn how to sew or knit the products and how to manage the money they earn f rom them. Giving women financial in- dependence is one of Ceesay’s proudest achievements. As proof that one person can make a difference, Gambia and neighboring Senegal banned the importation and use of plastic bags in 2015, citing the “environmental eyesore” and “dire threat” they po se to living and nonliving things. [email protected]

peggy sedlAK I satou Ceesay started a recycling center in Gambia. she has taught women how to turn plastic bags into purses they can sell.

Cornell unIVersIty lIbrAry anna Botsford Comstock l oved bugs, kids and the great outdoors. Her 1911 “Handbook of nature study” became an important resource on plants, animals, rocks and astronomy.

collection rick owens presented Thursday evening at the Palais de To kyo. It was an expression of the heart. It was about an insecure boy from California who grows up to be an expressive designer whose work brings our dreams and fears into the light. His models, in their giant Lucite platform heels, towered over the audience as they walked through a rolling cloud of dramatic mist. Their du- vet capes — a collaboration with moncler — billowed out behind them. The models’ long, lean phy- siques were emphasized by the high slit dresses that slithered around the torso and over the hips. They were like otherworldly women attired in s hades of cherry red and glorious fuchsia and sky blue. And, of course, they were wrapped in the reassuring em- brace of black. owens’s clothes are cool, not because they exude irony or aloof- ness, but because they are brutally honest. They stand outside of the mainstream in a place of vulnera- bility. There’s n o winking and nod- ding t o the E stablishment. There’s just the simple but brave willing- ness t o live outside of it. At Chloe, designer Natacha ramsay-Levi offers a lesson in centrism, which is to say, she cre- ates great clothes that look mod- ern and smart. They don’t de- mand t hat you free up brain space to figure them out. They don’t need to be dissected. Wearing them probably won’t make you feel vulnerable or powerful, but you’ll likely feel quite good in them. They w on’t m ake your heart skip a beat, but shouldn’t the people in your life do that for you — not your possessions? ramsay-Levi incorporated the work of three female artists when she unveiled h er collection Thurs- day morning at the Grand Palais. The gilded totems of french artist marion Verboom delineated the show’s set. The voice of ’60s Brit- ish singer marianne faithfull echoed from the soundtrack, and the art of rita Ackermann, who lives in New York, enlivened some of the garments. The dresses flowed, the coats and jackets were belted, the trousers were beauti- fully tailored. The collection refer- enced the ’60s and ’70s without getting stuck there. It was an enticing collection that celebrated women with grace but without fanfare. It was, in short, a reprieve. Quietly and de- liberately. fashion carries on. [email protected]

some folks leaving early. And yet, the crowds do not appear to have thinned. The models are still working. And the designers are still taking their bows. fashion goes on in an environment that is hyper-aware of the permeability of borders and the interconnectedness of us all. In this moment, inclusiveness takes on a different meaning. No one stands apart. The runways remind us how many different points of view, h ow many different aesthetic dreams flourish in this international city. It’s a place that embraces the so- phisticated ease of Chloe, the sub- versive imagination of rick owens, the audacious exuberance of Dries Van Noten and the intellec- tual gamesmanship of Loewe. These design houses have nothing in common. oh, sure, there are some broad trends that might connect them — the full trousers, some chunky shoes — but these collections w ere especially terrific precisely because they are so un- like anything e lse. How the designers at these la- bels express themselves has nothing to do with what someone else has already done. Their work doesn’t convey aching insecurity wrapped in a layer of self-con- scious cool. These designers a ren’t performing; they are simply breathing life into something that is truly their own. Season after season, Loewe designer Jonathan Anderson has made a case for the craftsmanship of the individual garment. He doesn’t tell seamless stories; each look can stand alone. It doesn’t have to be in conversation with everything else on his runway. To finally understand t hat has been a bit of a revelation. It means look- ing at his work, particularly his fall 2020 collection, with great admiration. It i s a stunning exploration of silhouettes and texture and craftsmanship. H is fabrics a re lush, the dresses play with volume in the sleeves and the hips. A pair of Brobdingnagian-size trousers are at o nce absurd and delightful. His coats are a patchwork of fabrics and colors; his dresses are adorned with the artful composi- tions of the Japanese ceramist Ta kuro Kuwata; marabou hats fluttered as models walked. An- derson’s work sends the mind whirling as it tries to decipher the lines and angles that conspire for such b eautiful results.

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In Paris, designers come into their own

Dries Van Noten’s avalanche of color and pattern delight the eyes. His collection, shown Wednesday at the opéra Bastille, merged grunge and punk with rock-and- roll and luxurious fabrics to create a kaleidoscope of joyful volatility. The coats often wrapped around the body, the trousers were artful- ly slouchy, patterns clashed with abandon. It was all a reflection of the distinctive aesthetic vocabu- lary that Van Noten has created, yet he revealed another facet of himself: This is who I am. Isn’t that what we all want? To be able to say that and to have the world respond with applause? That was at the core of the

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ToP: Loewe offered a stunning exploration of silhouettes, texture and craftsmanship. aBoVe: Rick owens’s collection was a brave expression of the heart.

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