1.   So until it rains, the spadefoot sits immobile in its burrow, an unsuspected living presence beneath the parched desert floor.

2.   Arizonans understand the lunacy of requiring our parched desert to meet particulate standards for air pollution that were established for wetter, less dusty climates.

3.   Depicting the causes and consequences of global warming, the TV spots show belching smokestacks, parched deserts, raging fires, and property-destroying storms battering coastlines.

4.   It was a popular idea with L.A., a small town of earthquakes and drought, but it turned the pristine Owens Valley into a parched desert.

5.   But no one thought they could include a waterlogged racetrack in a nation famous for its parched deserts.

6.   Ciller, accompanied by businessmen, said she would discuss business opportunities with Jordan, including joint projects in electricity and supplying the parched desert kingdom with drinking water.

7.   So much for the usual image of the parched desert.