Word: fasts
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...Seeds. All your projects involve the same people. Why? I have huge trust issues. That's basically it. I've worked with these guys for so long and we understand each other incredibly well, there's a near-psychic thing going on which means I can work incredibly fast. I don't have to explain things or teach anyone anything. It serves me well...
...describe the essence of Tyrannosaurus rex, the most terrifying predator that ever lived, University of Chicago paleontologist Paul Sereno offers this: "Jaws on fast-running legs." The monster had enormous jaws, which it used to grab and crunch into its prey and which largely explain why it's head was so huge. T. rex's legs were massive as well, allowing the 2.5-ton dinosaur to run its victims down like a racehorse...
...Perhaps it’ll be better just to let go gracefully. Life has its trade-offs. As you age, you lose things like teeth and the ability to play in the ball pit at fast-food restaurants, and you gain things like experience and employer-based health insurance. Maybe what has kept our generation so enmeshed in technology is the fact that most of us lack actual lives. All that time that we spend tweeting our thoughts and emotions to our next of kin, we could be writing the great American novel, starting a business, or just living. Maybe...
Unions say the commissioner's reforms are moving too fast - there are now 1,000 kids in detention, down two-thirds from a few years ago - before there has been a sufficient shift of resources. "We are concerned that the commissioner has made this her personal crusade ... and we think it needs to be slowed down," says representative Darcy Mills...
...fast-food segment, Peru's Chinawok, which specializes in cuisine developed by the descendants of the country's Chinese immigrants, is one of the fastest-growing franchise businesses in Latin America, with 52 branches in operation and another 10 set to open by the end of the year. Bembos, a Peruvian hamburger joint, has operations in other Latin American countries as well as two in India (serving a non-beef burger...