Word: dews
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...every movie thrill is a fraud. We know the technique behind each matte shot, each jive emotion. Perhaps the audience at some B-minus sci-fi thriller in the 1950s solemnly attended to the stilted dialogue, leaden performances and not-so-special effects. But today's cognoscenti find the dew of nostalgia on these pictures, then wink and say, "They're so bad, they're good." Smart directors stoke the trend with camp updates of the olden turkeys. In Tobe Hooper's remake of the 1953 Invaders from Mars you can see tongues burrowing into cheeks on both sides...
...formation of frost. As the temperature drops below 32 degrees F, specks of protein produced by the bacteria act as nuclei for the growth of ice crystals (see chart). Without the bacteria and their protein particles, plants can briefly sustain temperatures as low as 25 degrees F before the dew turns to frost. The solution seemed simple enough: from 2% to 5% of the bacteria in nature lack the ability to manufacture the protein. If large numbers of the microbes could be deprived of that capability, the frost threat could be eased...
With spring upon us, Harvardians have taken to romping around the Yard carefree. Many, unfortunately, have encountered not just dew on the grass--but dew...
...like the dew of Hermon falling...
...soft drinks, which unlike tea and coffee are caffeinated artificially, Mountain Dew contains the most, with 55 mg per 12-ounce can. Both Coke and Diet Coke contain approximately 46 mg of caffeine, while Pepsi has about 38 mg, Weidner said...