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...shore, his uncle Vance Flosenzier turned toward the screaming children and saw blood coloring the ocean. He and another man sprinted into the surf and found the 7.4-ft., 200-lb. shark about to roll away, its jaw on Jessie's arm. Vance, who trains for triathlons, grabbed the shark by its sandpapery tail and tried to pull, but it would not budge. He yanked again, and Jessie fell away, his arm ripping, as the shark clamped down. Aware that two girls were still farther out in the water, Vance walked backward, pulling the shark along the sandy bottom...
...team eventually found 11 specimens--from at least five different individuals--in a cluster of sites, including Haile-Selassie's partial lower jaw with associated teeth, several hand and foot bones, and pieces of three arm bones and a collarbone. Luckily, the fossils were trapped in sediments that were sandwiched between layers of volcanic ash, whose age can be accurately gauged by a technique known as argon-argon dating. (This layering is still visible in places that have not been so heavily eroded, enabling the scientists to trace the area's geologic history.) The verdict, confirmed by a second dating...
...ambition is to see America continue as an afternoon talk show, a sort of brawling Jerry Springer spectacle from sea to sea, then by all means seize each emotional agitation as it flies through the air and do a segment on it. We live in an age of gladiatorial jaw-jaw, of moral polarization as entertainment...
...need to tell you what this means: As soon as I get home today, I'm packing up those dependable heels and sending them off to a local charity (where I hope they find a non-injurious use - as imaginative doorstops or bookends, for example). And then, jaw set in determination, I will march my kitten-heeled feet down to my local Blahnik dealer, where I will pick out my favorite pair, try them on, and walk triumphantly around the store. And then I will put them back, caressing them gently as they're re-wrapped in soft tissue paper...
Michael Zhang is out there to oblige women like Zhu. He's dressed for success in a sleek, pin-striped suit and a passable faux Rolex. Girls say they like his strong jaw and jutting cheekbones. Married women prefer his listening skills and languorous back rubs. For an all-night chat session with these lonely wives, Zhang expects only a good dinner and a little farewell gift, like a leather cell-phone holder or monogrammed gold lighter. But if they want something more, he expects at least $120 in cash. "We never talk about price beforehand," he says. "That...