Word: descendant
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...This will not be easy. Somehow, U.S. diplomats must help convince all three Asian nations that they can rise together, rather than descend into bitter rivalry. Japan will need special attention; its politics are becoming worryingly sclerotic, and it is beginning to feel overshadowed by China. Tokyo may soon need reassurance that Washington still takes the alliance seriously. But for all the difficulties ahead, the accompanying charts should give a glimmer of hope. The U.S. and the three Asian giants are becoming ever more closely interconnected - and not just economically. We have become familiar with the way in which trade...
...study published in the journal Science in 2006, a group of scientists reported that they had recorded enormous water turbulence in a fjord in Canada caused by a swarm of swimming krill. These tiny shrimplike organisms have a predictable up-and-down movement: during the day, they descend several hundred feet in the ocean, where there is less light and fewer predators; as the sun sets, they swim up to the surface to feed. Swarms of krill can be massive - some the size of Rhode Island - so oceanographers have suspected that their movements may cause significant ocean-mixing. But despite...
...Washington (or even Cape Town or Paris), allowing students from around the country to work for the nation's biggest companies (although not necessarily with a bigger paycheck). Many popular cities even have Facebook groups devoted to providing social outings and networking opportunities for the thousands of interns who descend each summer...
...Orleans has a conflicted relationship with the hordes of do-gooders who descend upon the city. On the one hand, it’s nice to have help, especially after what many consider gross neglect by Washington in the aftermath of Katrina. Yet there’s plenty of mistrust, not only because of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s blunders—formaldehyde-laced trailers, for example—but also because when you’re the destination for so many mission trips and “disaster tours,” you might begin...
...reason for the relatively low price tag: the lack of unticketed fans showing up at the Staples Center. City officials and memorial organizers had feared thousands would descend on Los Angeles to pay tribute to Jackson. "People listened to the warning and just stayed home," Michael Roth, vice president of communications for AEG Live told TIME. "There were less than 1,000 fans down here." Due to the unexpectedly low turnout, extra police officers were dismissed and there was simply less of a mess to clean...