Word: crawlingly
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...curvy spoor mark the threshold of a critical interlude in the history of life. For the Cambrian is a period distinguished by the abrupt appearance of an astonishing array of multicelled animals - animals that are the ancestors of virtually all the creatures that now swim, fly and crawl through the visible world. (See the top 10 scientific discoveries...
...contrast, another Yalie, David M. Miller, said he "hadn't seen [Harvard students] yet," quickly adding. "Harvard kids are just a bunch of prudes that never crawl out from under the rocks they live under...
...islands, a province of Ecuador that lies some 600 miles off the South American coast, seems idyllic: the giant tortoises known as galapagos, which gave the islands their name, still amble across the scrubby landscape, sea-lion pups and Galapagos penguins gaze unafraid at scuba divers, marine iguanas crawl over volcanic rocks along the shore, and strolling tourists have to detour around blue-footed boobies (a type of seabird) busily performing courtship rituals. Puerto Ayora, the islands' largest town (pop. 8,000), comprises a tranquil collection of quaint hotels, craft shops and seafood restaurants...
...firmly believe that the Congress is trying to walk before it has proven its ability to crawl. The middle class tax cut signifies the Congress' mad rush to secure the presidency in 1996. But balancing the budget will be task enough for the next couple of years--we can save that tax cut for a healthier economy...
...nomination marathon. Yet his organization's own estimates put Wilson's total last week just above $6 million, in contrast to $17 million for Dole and more than $12 million for Gramm. TIME has learned not only that Wilson's fund raising has slowed to a dangerous crawl, but also that he recently let spending outrun income by as much as $1 million and that some vendors are not being paid. That deficit alone might be enough to jeopardize the campaign next month when it files its third-quarter Federal Election Commission report. Wilson is now making money-raising phone...