Word: contact
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...When the water moves, it changes the curvature in the leaf in one direction that causes it to flip like a tennis ball or a contact lens,” said Mahadevan, whose first Venus flytrap came in 2002 as a gift from Dumais, who was then a post-doctoral student in Mahadevan?...
...layout of the website is simple. For potential buyers, there is a listing of over 100 books currently being offered for sale, organized by area of study. Each book’s listing contains its seller’s contact information, and seller and buyer must then organize the exchange of book and money themselves...
Harvard, of course, does boast a wealth of contacts worldwide, but these are not put to use for students. Faculty have acquaintances in global academic circles, and the alumni network itself is probably the most exciting array of professionals connected to Harvard with interesting occupations. These networks could easily be put to use for undergraduates: Harvard is notoriously in touch with everyone to solicit donations. Zou, who studies government, was told at OCS that she could look through a list of alumni but could only contact them for advice and not for job opportunities. She asks, “Doesn?...
...baseball pass the length of the court from Stehle to Cusworth made contact with the defender on its way across the baseline, giving Harvard an inbounds pass, now with 0.9 seconds...
...like something out of a bad horror movie. Swarms of imported red fire ants?Brazilian insects with scarlet armor and a burning sting?have run rampant in parts of the United States, Australia and Taiwan, consuming small birds, felling livestock, and leaving painful welts on any human skin they contact. Its Latin species name, invicta, means invincible, and so far no affected country has managed to eradicate an infestation of the 2- to 6-mm-long ant. "I hate them," says Keith McCubbin, director of the Queensland Fire Ant Control Centre, which is spending $136 million on a six-year...