Word: layering
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...hurting at gut level, if you know what I mean," said another speaker, a middle-aged Negro woman. She predicted cheerfully that dissolving her emotional problems "layer by layer" would probably take a lifetime. From a reformed alcoholic, the conventioneers drew vicarious inspiration. "I was an old man at 16," he said, "and now I feel like a kid. It's sure swell to see a whole bunch of kooks like us get together. It's a miracle...
...highly persuasive. For one thing, much of the rock that his expeditions gathered in the area is younger and heavier than typical land rocks, and bears other similarities to specimens found on the ocean floor. For another, the desert regions of the Afar triangle are covered with a thick layer of evap-orites, the salty debris left behind after seawater evaporates. Tazieff and his colleagues also found distinct traces of coral in the area's lava beds, plus a Stone Age ax that was actually encrusted with seashells-a sign that the relic was once covered by seas...
...PAPER does not share the N.Y. Times's commitment to covering "all the news." The standard, "totalitarian" approach to news only showers a "layer of soot" on events, Tarter said. The Phoenix is not equipped to cover all the news, anyway. But it tries to make up for this with in-depth articles which point up a particular trend or provide a historical context for the news...
...port city of Eilat, surveying the capsized hulk of an Israeli supply ship sunk by Egyptian limpet mines, when he quoted the Second Book of Samuel. Hours later, as if in response to his exhortation, Israeli airmen over the Gulf of Suez sank an Egyptian mine layer that normally carries a crew...
...detergent plant in Newcastle suffered from asthmatic symptoms and skin irritations. Some dermatologists agree that enzymes, which split the proteins of stains made by chocolate, blood, gravy and other materials the way the stomach decomposes food, might also break down the skin's fatty protective layer and cause inflammation, cracked skin and swelling. Though most specialists believe that more research is necessary before any clear conclusion can be drawn, a rising number of Britons have complained of skin irritations caused by enzyme detergents. The Home Office two weeks ago announced a preliminary study of hospitals to determine whether...