Word: glaciality
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...remarkable specimen," says Werner Platzer, an anatomist at Austria's University of Innsbruck. "Scientists have never before had an . opportunity to examine such an ancient body." But the Iceman has provided posterity with more than just his body; he literally died with his boots on. His glacial grave has yielded pieces of his clothing, weaponry and other equipment. While most remains of ancient humans are found surrounded by funerary objects (if anything at all), the Iceman "was snatched from life completely outfitted with the implements of everyday existence!" exclaims Markus Egg, the German archaeologist who is overseeing the delicate process...
...with chipped ice and moved it to a refrigerated room at the university. There, except for 30-minute intervals when it is removed for CAT scans and other scientific tests, the Iceman has been stored ever since at 98% humidity and -6 degrees C (21.2 degrees F), the glacial temperature he had grown accustomed to over more than 5,000 years...
Though enchanting, Am I Not Your Girl is not completely a bowl of cherries. The instrumental arrangement of "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" is incongruous, But then so is the album. The requisite torch song, "Gloomy Sunday," is about suicide, and "How Insensitive" is a glacial ballad about those last beautiful moments of a relationship when you tear his heart into little pieces...
That seemed entirely possible. A group of international election observers reported that some poll officials were too drunk to keep track of voters, ballot boxes were being opened without authorization, and threats and bribery were widespread. The glacial vote count continues this week. The outgoing Congress, which is tabulating the votes for President and Vice President, will eventually announce the winners...
...department has recently made new appointments, but all things considered, it's moving at a glacial pace," says Arnesen...