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...flea-flicker gone awry under heavy defensive pressure caused no problem. Slipping two tacklers and avoiding a third, the hero of the Crimson’s first four victories dove just short of a first down—15-yard change of fortune...
...only good reef news comes from a new four-nation study suggesting that while climate change certainly isn't good for coral, the tiny organisms may do better than we think at adapting to new conditions. Species with a tolerance for warmer waters may already be emerging. This flicker of hope notwithstanding, scientists agree that the world's reefs need to be protected, mostly with stricter pollution controls and expanded "no-take areas," which keep humans out and let the reefs grow in peace. --By Jeffrey Kluger
...tinge of regret, a single flicker of remorse, could get her millions of fans once again wanting to walk in her garden clogs, buying a sympathy gallon of aubergine paint, or gluing themselves to the TV to watch her make cocoa from imported beans, in much the way Hillary got the blue-haired and blue-collar ladies of upstate New York to vote...
...grainy flicker of exploding bombs lit up television screens across the Harvard campus March 19. News stations broadcast dim green views of downtown Baghdad as it faced the most powerful air force ever to fly in combat...
They met in person at the beginning of this year when they lived on adjacent floors in Leverett House, but Wilcox says she felt a flicker of recognition when Greene told her his name...