Word: amphibianism
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...years scientists have puzzled over the rapid disappearance of frogs around the world. Last week a team of researchers from Oregon State University offered a possible explanation: the thinning of the ozone layer. The researchers argue that increased ultraviolet B radiation may be killing amphibian eggs before they hatch into tadpoles...
...phrase gerrymander, coined in the early 1800s to describe a salamander- shaped district engineered by Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry, originally referred to an amphibian of convenience, the creature of whichever self-serving pol was carving up the turf. Such shenanigans have generally been deemed dubious because American democracy is based on the premise that legislators are elected to represent geographic regions and communities -- diverse constituencies that share sewer systems and schools and workplaces -- rather than a specific ethnic group, economic class or partisan faction. Circles and squares were fine; snakes and salamanders and inkblots tended to be perversions committed...
Kermit and Miss Piggy: Unrequited love, sexual tension, conflicting interests, difference in species--Kermit and Piggy have a lot of romantic hurdles to overcome, but at least they aren't trying to get a college degree at the same time. Love between the amphibian and the porcine may be fraught with problems, but it doesn't compare to a River-Quad relationship...
...Brown 21-17 Yale 6-3 Penn 21-17 Princeton 30-6 3-2 13-10 Frank Cicero Harvard Sports Information Director Former Sports Editor, The Daily Dartmouth Harvard 38-21 Cornell 17-13 Yale 41-10 Penn 24-23 Lehigh 28-14 Kermit the Frog Big Green Amphibian Harvard 30-17 Brown 10-7 Yale 3-0 Penn 17-14 Princeton...
...just an aspiring piglet in the chorus line and her colleague a former tadpole. But even though the amphibian has since made it big in TV and films like The Muppets Take Manhattan, as well as star turns in the toy department, he hasn't forgotten his lily-pond roots. Next month Muppet Creator Jim Henson and more than 200 of Kermit's friends are getting together to toast America's best-known frog on his 30th birthday. Called The Muppets, a Celebration of 30 Years, the one-hour CBS special will feature Fozzie Bear as master of ceremonies...