Word: air
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...inspector on the ground is worth half a dozen B-52's in the air," Thompson says. "Now we're going to see a long period of repeated, persistent bombings that will be based on much less information." How long Americans and the international community will stand behind such a messy and protracted campaign, Thompson says, "is anybody's guess. But it's going to continue until either Iraq changes its ways -- or the U.S. gives...
...totally has to do with the dining hall,it's in the food, in the air, in the atmosphere,"Kiely quipped. "Maybe it's a nice going awaypresent...
...sound of the moment is the screaming piha, a dull brown-gray bird whose sex appeal lies in its voice--specifically a three-syllable whistle that cuts through the air. As a mate getter it is evidently as attractive as the brilliant orange-and-black plumage of the cock of the rock, the cock of the walk of Suriname's birds. We catch sight of one preening on a high branch. Its head has a flattened crest that looks like a fan from the side, with an eye at bottom center. It makes its nest on the sides of rocks...
...forest. I could not get the panoramic view, but I was able to take in the interior sounds and the overarching silence by which they and I were subsumed. Something momentous was about to happen, or had already happened, 10 million years ago. I could hear the air. Everything became important--the flesh of the leaves, the braided vines, a macaw overhead, the smallest insect. A bug the size of a piece of dust crawled across my hand as I wrote about it crawling across my hand...
There's trouble in the air for ice skaters. Indoor rinks that are scraped smooth with fuel-powered ice-resurfacers--commonly known as Zamboni machines--may harbor high levels of nitrogen dioxide. The gas can cause chest tightening, difficulty breathing and exacerbate asthma. Look for rinks that are well ventilated--or those cleaned with electricity-powered Zambonis...