Word: brooms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...entire building in the book, every last brick and broom closet," Langton, who calls the building a "glorious old structure," added...
After the books have been read and the reviews written, the three relax by playing folk rock on ukulele, guitar and washtub-and-broom-handle bass. Then, as he did last week, Kanfer sits back and reflects on the gentlemanly art of reviewing: "I've written books too, so I've played both sides of the net," he says. "Which is easier...
...Kucinich won with just over 50% of the vote, thus becoming the youngest mayor of a major city. He promises to increase city services to the neighborhoods, reduce tax abatements for businesses and fire unproductive political appointees. "Some people have said I'm going to take a broom and sweep out city hall," Kucinich said in his victory speech. "That's not true. I'm going to use a vacuum cleaner...
...skull of an adult Australopithecus africanus was unearthed from a mine at Sterkfontein, in the Transvaal. From it, Robert Broom reconstructed a creature similar to the one found at Taung?an ape-man somewhat more than a meter (3 ft. 3 in.) in height, with upright posture and human-like teeth but a low forehead and a small brain. Two years later Broom uncovered a new type of the southern ape a mile away, at Kromdraai. The creature, later called Australopithecus robustus, was heavier and larger than the earlier South African finds, and had bigger teeth, set in a nutcracker...
...late 1950s the anthropological team of Louis and Mary Leakey?Richard's parents?began finding, at Olduvai Gorge and other East African sites, remains similar to those uncovered by Broom. They produced convincing evidence that the massive-jawed robustus, which weighed 45 to 67.5 kg. (100 to 150 lb.), existed in the region nearly 2 million years ago. In the same deposits, the Leakeys also discovered pebbles chipped to form sharp-edged implements?evidence that even so far back, man's ancestors knew how to make tools...