Word: hindes
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...home it must be different. Nelson's two cocker spaniels, Flash and Gooky, will block and tackle for dog biscuits. "And when you ask them what they do on Saturdays," Davey admits craftily, "They stand on their hind legs and pray...
...possible to enable the present human brain to be supported, in spite of excessive gravitation, by throwing man into the quadruped position, greatly strengthening the four legs, and at the same time pushing the head far backwards so as to distribute its weight evenly between the fore and hind legs. But what of the problem of providing hands? . . . My only suggestion is that the nose might be greatly elongated into a trunk equipped with delicate grasping instruments like fingers. It would probably be desirable to have two trunks, if not three. The eyes . . . would have to be projected well forward...
Modern Dinosaur? Are any dinosaurs still around? Ley tells of the Ishtar Gate in the ruins of Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon, which is decorated with portraits of the sirrush, a scaly, tall-walking reptile with clawed hind feet like a bird. The drawing is singularly detailed, and like nothing known to modern man until he dug up fossil dinosaurs. Ley thinks that the ancients may have seen something like, a living dinosaur. Perhaps modern man may still see one. Ley cites many descriptions of a dinosaur-like creature that may be roaming the Central African swamps...
...modistes, having no urge toward martyrdom, prudently removed all bare midriff garments from their display windows. "I have two-piece suits for anybody who asks for them," said matronly Teresa Spizzichino. "They're made so as to hold any bosom tightly and cover both navel and-er-lower hind parts." Just the same, she admitted, the one-piece variety might be better. "Eventually the ladies will take to them, not because they like them better, but simply because no woman wants to run unnecessary risks. Getting into trouble with the police may have very unpleasant consequences, since most...
...sentry fired into the flock. One of the dark objects in the moat erupted in a geyser of flame and water. Then men on the wall witnessed an amazing thing: some of the sheep seemed to be flipping off their black wool skins and running away on their hind legs...