Word: jointed
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...could tell that the animal stood 3 ft. 6 in. tall. That seemed too short for a hominid, but the animal had an all important human characteristic: unlike any species of primate known to have come before, this creature walked fully upright. How did the researchers know? The knee joint was built in such a way that the animal could fully straighten its legs. That would have freed it from the inefficient, bowlegged stride that keeps today's chimps and gorillas from extended periods of two-legged walking. Presuming that this diminutive hominid was a female, Johanson named her Lucy...
...Since diplomatic action is the heart of sovereignty, each nation has its own channels and contacts," Hoffmann said. "Joint foreign policy action is made very difficult by this non-coordination...
...because the drinking age is like three or something) and started to drink Molsons in an attempt to become one with the natives. But we got tired of the bar scene so we decided to do the craziest thing that we could think of--we went from one strip joint to another. Naked women were nice and all, but I will talk about strip joint in a future article...
John Chaney and John Calipari, too involved in writing a joint screenplay for a made-for-TV love story, declined to return our calls...
Testifying before a joint state legislature committee on criminal justice yesterday, Weld and Cellucci pressed for the passage of the Act Relative to the Punishment of Habitual Violent Felons...