Visitors who wrote down their impressions of Max Gate, the rather ugly house Hardy built for himself outside Dorchester, tended to agree that Emma came across as ridiculous.
It is a deliberately overstated but hardy opulence, built for parties without permission (the sins of which can be cleansed with yellow Handi Wipes and pump-action Fantastik).
The extra-hardy, domestically built destroyer not only helps Beijing double down on its disputed claims in the East and South China seas but also gives it new deterrent weight against its most powerful Asian rivals such as Japan and India.
Here, at the river's edge, the Hardys have built natural-looking rock-lined swimming pools that seem to be part of the jungle.
As an early description of the male species, Cro-Magnons had a strong and hardy robust build.
The "junkie" lawn may push up healthy-looking grass, but looks can be deceiving.The bacteria, enzymes, soil structure and nutrients needed to build a hardy, drought-resistant, biodiverse lawn are killed off.
Last month, Samsung announced it had received a $942 million contract to build an even hardier type of drill-ship made specifically for Arctic conditions.
I learned about different "races" of honeybees, each with its own "dialect" and disposition: Italians, which are golden and laid-back but can have trouble producing enough honey for winter; Carniolans, which are darker and hardier but prone to swarm; and Russians, which build up slowly but are the hardiest of all.
These hardy Norse souls did indeed manage to build several settlements along the southwest coast of Greenland.
Information on location of SNPs on the UCSC genome build version hg15, heterozygosity and Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
