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</p><p>The all-American suburban lawn, the backdrop for everything from the illustrations in old Dick &amp; Jane readers to House Beautiful, long ago began to fade in the drought-prone suburbs around San Francisco Bay. <a title="Link to article" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/us/10sfwater.html">More</a> (Source: New York Times)</p>
