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...necessary energy, he says, could not have been mustered by cold-blooded animals; their metabolic systems do not work fast enough. With only their hairless skin to protect them, the warm-blooded dinosaurs were highly vulnerable to sharp drops in temperature. And according to some geological evidence, a global chill may have set in at the end of the Cretaceous period, when the dinosaurs were still flourishing. Too large to burrow into the earth and lacking other means of getting out of the cold, says Bakker, the big reptiles simply died of overexposure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Dinosaur Riddle | 8/7/1972 | See Source »

...would like to thank my anonymous correspondents for sharing with me such a precious moment. I too have felt the chill of the cold air of the iron New England dark. What we must do, we from more gracious climes, is to try to preserve our passion amidst what often seems an all-compelling frigidity. Again, how flattering to be thought of during such an important moment. Kevin Starr Assistant Prof. of English Aliston Burr Senior Tutor, Eliot House

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: QUENTIN'S CAMBRIDGE | 7/11/1972 | See Source »

...chill at four o'clock . . . it occurred to me that one night, instead of warm

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Last Prayers | 5/1/1972 | See Source »

...they got no shame?" that is the basic question here. April rain falls in the windless chill of the night outside. A picket line, chanting, marches to the song on the loud speaker. "For God's sakes, you gotta give more power to the people," the song goes, and the pickets, no longer a mere line of defense against the potential bust of Mass Hall, chant on rhythm: "Soul Power! Give More Power to the People," Clenched fists, black and white, thrust up into the rain. "Ain't they got no shame...

Author: By Tony Hill, | Title: Ain't They Got No Shame? | 4/25/1972 | See Source »

...December I was always very sullen with Barrie. His jokes annoyed me, his endless anecdotes seemed pointless, and the incessant cold, inside and out, of a London winter felt more chill with him. I grumbled about it, I cut off his rantings in midstream, I complained about everything when I was with...

Author: By Esther Dyson, | Title: Barrie P. | 3/10/1972 | See Source »

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