Word: elementals
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...entire planet. It was such an asteroid (or an equivalent-size comet) that many scientists believe caused the extinction of dinosaurs some 65 million years ago. The primary evidence, discovered by the late physicist Luis Alvarez and his son Walter, a geologist, is a layer of the element iridium laid down in sedimentary rock at about the time the giant reptiles disappeared. Iridium is rare on the earth's surface but more common in asteroids...
...theorizing. Now, I'm not an expert on baseball, but I know that Major League is a lot of fun. The baseball parts are exciting, the locker-room antics are funny and the love parts, as the veteran catcher trys to get back together with hisex-wife, contain an element of truth...
...apologize for the analogy, but this is clearly Bush's intention. I don't want to hear that this is really the way the Bushes act--cute, lovable and united. But when the most productive and fertile element coming from the White House has been six Springer Spaniels, something is clearly amiss...
ALTHOUGH the proposed referendum, like all such measures, would be rigid and inflexible, it would not introduce any pernicious new element into the state budget process. The money that would be gained back for education was initially lost though Proposition 2 1/2, an equally, if not more, inflexible measure that capped local property taxes and severely limited towns' revenue options. Tsongas' referendum would merely fight fire with fire...
...over an audience will face its roughest test this week, when prosecutor John Keker gets his turn to ask the questions. "North makes an excellent witness," said Richard Ben-Veniste, a former Watergate prosecutor. "The question is the cross-examination, which will provide by far the greatest dramatic element of the trial. The trial may well hinge on the cross- examination of Ollie North...