Word: eventfulness
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...scientists documented changes in the behavior of birds, mice and domestic animals immediately before the earth's beginning to shake. But the idea never gained much traction. The very difficulty of predicting earthquakes makes it hard to study how animals react to them. "This was a completely fortuitous event," says Halliday. "It would be practically impossible to plan research like this. You'd spend a lot of time watching toads with nothing happening." (Read "Why Chile's Quake Wasn't Unexpected...
...thrilled today to be able to celebrate a victory,” said Sarah Wunsch, a staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, which co-sponsored the event...
...actually didn’t know that I was on that list. I happened to be at an event for GQ and someone came up to me and said, “Hey Ryan, I’m the journalist that put that article together,” and I said “What article?” and she said “You didn’t see it? The 50 Hottest Bachelors of New York City.” And so, you know, as I said, my aim every day is to create the best...
...government—to speak in celebration of the book’s 20th anniversary. O’Brien’s speech at First Parish Church Meetinghouse elicited both laughter and tears as he discussed the lasting influence of a work written, as he said at the event, “to help readers feel something about what it was to be a foot soldier in a long-gone war in Vietnam...
...news of the subway suicide bombings in Moscow on Monday - Russia's worst terrorist attack in five years - led news broadcasts around the world almost immediately after the event unfolded. But in Russia, viewers who tuned in to the country's three main television networks that morning had little reason to suspect anything was amiss - they were watching shows about cooking and makeovers...