Word: exitement
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Remember that nightmare you had where you were trapped in a precarious maze of teetering books and found yourself racing up and down five flights of stairs looking for an exit that didn’t have the word “emergency” stamped above it? That really happened—at least to Timothy...
...proceeded to try each of the ILS building’s five levels, looking for an exit that was not armed with an alarm, but he found none...
...those flecks and bits behave differently and present different levels of health risk. To investigate those factors more closely, Layton and Beamer developed a computer algorithm that looked at the size, source and toxicity of dust particles as well as how easily they enter the house, if they ever exit and, if so, by what route. That information, by extension, can provide at least a rough sense of the dust load in your own home. (See TIME's special report "How to Live 100 Years...
...nightfall on Friday, the airport crowd had swelled, and the chanting had become louder and more unified. ElBaradei was reportedly unable to make a grand exit because the crowds were too intense. When he finally did emerge, it was in a black SUV, driven through the crowd as press and supporters - now having reached a state of hysteria - flung themselves like paparazzi at his windshield. He didn't stop...
...training for many winter sports, but that does not mean these events should be ruled out. The excellence of one country’s team—or any group for that matter—should allow that team to compete at the highest level, not facilitate its exit. In fact, it is the domination of certain sports that often garner the most fanfare. For example, no story loomed larger in Beijing than Michael Phelps, the American swimmer who won the gold in all eight of his events. Removing him from the competition would rightly appear ludicrous...