Word: fleshed
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...shattered remains of human beings: a splintered femur amid rubber boots; a broken skull, barely distinguishable from the smooth white stones surrounding it; a jawbone still holding nine teeth. The patch to the north held its own evidence of atrocity: a torn, stained bandage; a split limb still bearing flesh; the rich, sweet smell of human decay...
There she stood, a vision of tawdriness: blond hair, black skirt, red bra over taut white flesh. She was that odd-lot remnant of the '80s, a Madonna wannabe. But most of the other fans at the Toronto SkyDome last week for the North American opening of the singer's Girlie Show tour were dressed in civvies. For them, the star was only something to stare at. She is not a role model, not after a decade in the spotlight. These days, does anyone wanna be Madonna? Does anyone even wanna see Madonna? Not on the movie screen. Body...
...Though we haven't seen her in the flesh since her arrest, it is in many ways Knox's flesh that continues to drive steady interest, particularly from the Italian and British media. An abundance of old photographs have circulated from blogs and social-network pages of the auburn-haired Seattle native in a variety of settings, almost always flashing a girl-next-door smile. That Knox appears sweet adds an extra dose of sympathy for those convinced of her pleas of innocence, while making others ever more furiously convinced that she's hiding a dark side...
...scientists can flesh out the new findings during future earthquakes - a two-year study at the same seismically active location begins this September - it could form the basis of a vastly improved early-warning system for quakes. Current earthquake-warning systems give just a few seconds' notice because they detect only P-waves, the fast-moving seismic waves that precede the more destructive waves released during a quake. Upgrading to a seismic stress meter, however, is still a long way off. "To use this for earthquake prediction, you need to know the precursor waves have a physical basis [that...
...spur an infestation of white-tailed deer that munched Wisconsin's forests to the nub and how an absence of jaguars paradoxically caused a Panamanian reserve's bird population to wither. Stolzenburg narrates these cautionary tales with a conservationist's attention to ecological detail and a childlike reverence for flesh-tearing beasts. His infectious enthusiasm should spark even in bug-wary urbanites a renewed appreciation for nature's complexity...